Ethel Louise Kelly Branum, 85, a native of Canoe and a resident of Bay Minette, died Saturday, June 28, 2008 at her residence.
She was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her husband, R.D. Branum and her daughter, Kathy Branum Burt.
Survivors include three sons, John (Brenda) Branum, Robert (Brenda) Branum and Lamar (Karen) Branum, all of Bay Minette; Elaine (Wayne) Prosser of Orange Beach; two brothers, Sylvester Kelly of Bay Minette and Charles Kelly of Salem, N.C.; six sisters, Catherine Cotton and Clara Franklin, both of Dothan, Alice Higganbothom of Pensacola, Fla., Melba Kelly and Lorrine Elliot, both of Bratt, Fla., and Doris Earls of Bay Minette; 11 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, July 1 at Grace Fellowship Assembly of God Church with the Rev. Charles Kelly and the Rev. Ralph Welch officiating. Burial followed at Bay Minette Cemetery.
The pallbearers were Hayden Branum, Colby Branum, Shea Branum, Christopher Branum, Aaron Prosser, Blane Burt and John Michael Smith.
Arrangements were made by Norris Funeral Home, Bay Minette.