Kenneth Richard Branch

Kenneth Richard Branch Gladewater " Services for Kenneth Richard Branch, 75, of Longview, will be held on Saturday, May 28, 2011, at 2 P.M. at Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Gladewater with Sam Goude officiating. Burial will be in Glade Creek Cemetery. Born on September 16, 1935, he died on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. He was a veteran of the United States Army during the Korean Conflict, and he was a retired bus driver for the Gladewater Independent School District. He is survived by his wife, Glenda Branch of Longview; 2 sons, Joseph Ferrell Branch of Arizona, and Richard Glenn Branch of Hallsville; 2 daughters, Sharon Sue Fletcher of White Oak and Catherine Jenell Branch of Lindale; 11 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; 3 brothers, Jimmy Lee Branch of Hallsville, Charles Willard Branch and Pete Branch, both of Marshall; 4 sisters, Anita Joyce Hulen of Duncan, Oklahoma; Shirley Fields of Hallsville; Betty Louise Spencer of Lewisville; and Glenda Ann Johnson of Longview. He was preceded in death by his brother, Robert Earl Spencer and his sister, Mary Jo Richardson. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 P.M. on Friday, May 27, 2011, at Croley Funeral Home in Gladewater.