Climmie Stean Branch

Sis. Branch was the second of five children born to the late L.A. Hicks and Roxie Hicks on July 5, 1936 in Kilgore, Texas.

God blessed Climmie to live for 78 years, and she entered into enternal rest on Tuesday, May 5, 2015.

Her early education was in Kilgore, Texas, Dansby school from where she graduated at the age of 16 and went on to attend Baylor School of Nursing after graduating at the age of 18. She worked in her chossen field for the next 31 years until she retired in 1985.

Sis Branch was united in Holy Matrimony to the late Arthur Branch, Sr. in February of 1957. Three children were born to this union. She was preceded in death by her husband, two brothers; Mark and Marvin Hicks, and one sister, Willie Ruth Hicks.

Sis. Branch joined Full Gospel Holy Tenple Church in 1968. There she was baptized and filled with the Holy Ghost. She served as an usher and was the coordinator of the Children's Holiday Program. She was dedicated to her church and church family.

She leaves to cherish her memory her sons Michael Wayne Walker; daughter-in-law, Sharon; Arthur Branch Jr.; her daughter Regina Branch Coleman; son-in-law Calvin, one sister, Derrell Keel; one nephew, Isaiah Hicks; four grand-daughters Lisa Kaye Dixon, Rajneesh Matthews, Kyria and Loren Dixon; one great-great granddaughter Nicole Mitchell. 21 grandchildren,22 great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews; a plethora of God's children, extended family and a host of other relatives and friends.