Ruby Eloie Branam

Ruby Eloie Branam, 78, of Valdosta, died on Monday, October 9, 2006, at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Kimbrough, Georgia in Webster County, on November 24, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson and Sarah Elizabeth Singleton Troutman. Mrs. Branam graduated from Jones County High School in 1945 and the Macon Hospital School of Nursing in 1950. She was a retired State of Georgia Nursing Instructor, a member of the Georgia Retired Teachers Association and a member of the Order of The Eastern Star. She was an active member of Perimeter Road Baptist Church.

Mrs. Branam’s accomplishments led her to be entered into Personalities of the South, The American Biographical Institute, 12th Edition, located in the Library of the Congress. Personalities of the South supports the continuing traditions of recognizing efforts and documentation of valuable biographical facts of those individuals who contribute to all levels of Southern development and reflect the leadership of this region in fields of professional, civic, cultural, religious, governmental, personal, scientific and educational endeavors. Mrs. Branam’s family was blessed because she was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

Survivors are three sons and two daughters, James W., Jr. and Sally Branam of Macon, R. Darrell and Sandy Branam of Valdosta, M. Duane and Vickie Branam of Milledgeville, Sheila E. Branam of Maui, Hawaii, and Sharon B. and Richard Faber of Valdosta; six grandchildren, Monica B. and Ted Peeples, Hilary T. Branam, Joshua C. Branam, Stephanie A. Branam and Allen McGee, Angie K. Faber and J. Rocky Faber; two great grandchildren, Mica S. Branam and Dunham M. Peeples; several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Branam was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, James W. Branam, Sr., and her brother, Thomas J. Troutman, Jr.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, October 12, 2006, at 11 a.m. at the graveside at Evergreen Cemetery in Fitzgerald. Reverend Hilman Hendley and Reverend Jon Whisnand will officiate. The family will receive friends at the Carson McLane Funeral Home on Wednesday from 6 – 8 p.m. Flowers will be accepted or donations may be made in memory of Mrs. Branam’s brother, to the American Cancer Society, 323 Pine Avenue, Suite 100, Albany, Georgia 31701. Condolences may be conveyed online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com.


Funeral Home:
Carson McLane Funeral Home
2215 North Patterson Street
Valdosta, GA
US 31602