Emma Jane Brannon

Emma Jane Brannon, age 87, a resident of Cleveland, went home to be with the Lord Monday, January 15, 2007 in a local healthcare facility. She was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Frank Morrow, second husband, "Red" Brannon and a daughter, Judy Rogers. She is survived by three daughters: Eunice Wadley of Morganton, N.C., Janice Taylor and husband, Duton Taylor of Tellico Plains and Phyllis Defriece and husband, Ray of Cleveland; one brother, G.D. Smith and wife, Silvia of Decatur; fourteen grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Ralph Buckner Funeral Home with Reverend Alvin Ellis and Reverend Boyd Collins officiating. Interment will follow in the Cottonport Cemetery in Decatur with the white dove release ceremony concluding the service. Pallbearers will be Chad Defriece, Todd Defriece, David Moore, Scott Williamson, David Williamson and Tony Williamson. Her family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.