2005

ELGIN – Funeral service for Mrs. Margaret Sessions Branham, 85, will be held 3 p.m. Thursday, June 23, 2005, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Ridgeway Ward. Interment will follow in the Centerville Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 this (Wednesday) evening at Shives Funeral Home. Serving as pallbearers will be Mrs. Branham’s grandsons.

Mrs. Branham, widow of Wesley Branham, died Monday, June 20, 2005. Born in Blaney, S.C., she was a daughter of the late John Dupree Sessions and Maggie Maddox Sessions. Mrs. Branham was a dedicated member of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Camden Ward, where she served in various capacities.

Survivors include children, “Billy” Branham of Lancaster, Buck Branham and Ann Rabon of Elgin, Belle Avent, Rita Sue Brassell and Debbie Holloway, all of Lugoff; 24 grandchildren and 50 great-grandchildren;

Mrs. Branham was preceded in death by three sons, two great- grandchildren, two sisters and two brothers.

2018

On March 31, 2018, Margaret Sessions Branham was mentioned as the deceased mother in the obituary of Deborah Branham Holloway.