Mrs. Neora Branch

January 23, 1926 - February 4, 2020

Mrs. Neora Douglas Branch was born on January 23, 1926 to Albert and Glady Douglas in Denmark, Tennessee. She departed this life on Tuesday, February 4, 2020. She was the third of four children. She accepted Christ at an early age at the St. John No. 2 Baptist Church. She later joined Johnson Grove Baptist Church and later returned to St. John No. 2 Baptist Church until her death. She attended the public schools in Denmark, Tennessee. In her early years she did farm and domestic work, a seamstress, she later became a cook at the West Jackson School upon her retirement of 38 years from the Jackson Public School. She enjoyed life traveling, reading the bible and working puzzles. She was preceded in death by a daughter: Dorothy Branch; two brothers: Lonnie Douglas and Claudie B. Douglas; one grandson: Anthony Shackelford. She leaves to cherish her memory one daughter: Rebecca Hamilton of Hampton, Virginia; one sister: Drucilla Miller; one grandson: Marcus (Belish) Henderson of Hampton, Virginia; ten great-grandchildren, three great-great grandchildren and a hosts of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.