Name: SHERMAN B. BRANOM, AGE 102 A RESIDENT OF THE LEHIGH AREA SINCE 1910 WHEN HIS FAMILY CAME TO THE AREA IN A COVEERED WAGON. BORN: MARCH 29, 1905 AT SHERMAN, TX. TO JAMES WASHINGTON & MARY SERENA (FARMER ) BRANOM Passed Away: SATURDAY SEPT. 8, 2007 AT HIS RESIDENCE WEST OF LEHIGH Age: 102 years, 5 months & 9 days Married: RUBY ELIZABETH DOBSON ON DEC. 31, 1929 AND WERE TOGETHER OVER 67 YEARS BEFORE HER UNTIMLEY DEATH ON OCTOBER 10, 1997 Education: SHERMAN ATTENDED THE RURAL SCHOOLS OF FRIENDSHIP, GRASSHOPPER AND LEHIGH Occupation: HE WORKED FOR INDIAN TERRITORY ILLUMINATING OIL CO. LATER KNOWN AS CITIES SERVICE CO. WHILE WORKING IN THE OIL FIELDS, HE LONGED TO COME BACK TO THE FARM.HE MOVED BACK TO THE FAMILY FARM WEST OF LEHIGH IN 1942 WHERE HE ACTIVELY FARMED AND RANCHED WELL PAST HIS 100th BIRTHDAY. Church Affiliation: he and Ruby were longtime members of the Coalgate Church of Christ Other: SHERMAN ALWAYS FELT THE NEED TO GIVE SOME OF HIS TIME BACK TO COAL COUNTY.HE SERVED ON THE COUNTY FHA BOARD AND THE COAL COUNTY LIVESTOCK BREEDERS ASSOC. HE SERVED ON THE COAL COUNTY DENTAL BOARD, THE SOIL CONSERVATION BOARD AND THE COAL COUNTY EXCISE BOARD AND WAS THE OLDEST ACTIVE MEMBER OF ANY EXCISE BOARD WITH OVER 51 YEARS SERVICE. SHERMAN WAS A LOYAL, HARD-WORKING MAN OF ITEGRRITY AND HONESTY, A TRUE OKLAHOMA PIONEER. THIS KIND AND GENTLE MAN WAS MUCH LOVED AND WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. Survivors Son: BILLY JOE BRANOM AND WIFE SUE, MIDWEST CITY, OK. Daughter: SHERRY LOLLI AND HUSBAND NICK, COALGATE Sister: OKLA NORTHCOTT OF TULSA Brother: JOHN QUINTO BRANOM OF WICHITA, KANSAS 5 GRANDCHILDREN: DEBBIE LYONS AND HUSBAND MIKE , LUTHER, OK. STEPHANIE BRANOM, MIDWEST CITY, OK. STEVE LOLLI, OKLAHOMA CITY KRISTI BROUSSARD AND HUSBAND JEFF, MANNFORD, OK. JUDY LOLLI, TULSA, OK. 4 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: SHERIDYN, SOPHIA, SYDNEY AND SERENA BROUSSARD 3 STEP GRANDCHILDREN, 7 STEP-GREATGRANDCHILDREN, 1 GREAT GREAT STEP GRANCHILD Along with numerous nieces and nephews and other relatives and many dear and loved friends Preceded in Death By Parents: JAMES WASHINGTON AND MARY SERENA BRANOM Wife: RUBY ELIZABETH BRANOM 4- Brothers: BERKLEY, PRENTICE, HOMA AND BILL 1- sister: VELMA CUNNINGHAM __________________________________________________________________________________ Date of Service: WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M. Place of Service: COALGATE CHURCH OF CHRIST Cemetery: LEHIGH CEMETERY Officiating: LLOYD McELHANEY Assisting: JOHNNY D. WARD Pallbearers: WAYNE BLUE, ERNIE FANNING, AARON BLUE, RAYMOND BURNS, JIMMY LAMPKIN, BERNEY BLUE Honorary Pallbearers: ROLAND FANNING, NOLAN FANNING, JOHNNIE BELLETTINI, JAMES NELSON, BOB THOMAS, AKE HOWELL, GEORGE NEWBERRY, JOHNNY D. WARD, MIKE HENSLEY, DELBERT INMAN Family requests memorials to LEHIGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY P.O. Box 127 Lehigh, OK 74556 SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE – COALGATE