Dana Rose Branch, 84, of Picayune, MS, was surrounded by her family when she passed away on August 8, 2019, at Lakeview Memorial Hospital in Covington, LA.

She was born Dana Lee Ott on the family ranch in the gypsum hills outside Medicine Lodge, KS. She grew up between a California logging town and the wheat fields of southern Kansas. She often laughed that she was voted the “most beautiful girl in school” multiple years in her rural 1 room school house attended by 3 boys and 1 girl. She later went on to build one of the most successful arts and crafts promotion business in the southern United States and became the first woman promoter of mall shows in the region.

Mrs. Branch had a vibrant faith in Jesus and deep love for family and friends. She remained active in her home church, Roseland Park Baptist Church, until her passing, where she served as president of her Sunday school class and a leader of visitation ministry to homebound and shut-ins.

She is survived by the love of her life, her husband, Frank “Twig” Branch; brother, Robert Ott of Medicine Lodge, KS; son Steven Lora and his wife Marcia of Hornbeck, LA; daughter Kay Metz and her husband Lawson of Clinton, MS, son Ted Branch and his wife Jodi of Great Falls, VA, and son Richard Rose and his wife Mindy of Nashville, TN; grandchildren Melanie Lyons, Tiffany Lora, Matthew Walker, Melissa Ann Walker, Patrick Walker, Joseph Metz, Caroline Metz, Kelsey Branch, Austin Branch, Olivia Rose Adams, Mikaela Rose and Winston Rose; and great grandchildren Peyton, Little Pat and Blake.

A celebration of life service will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 10, 2019 at Roseland Park Baptist Church in Picayune, MS with Rev. Dan Young presiding. In lieu of flowers, gifts in Mrs. Branch’s memory can be made to the Roseland Park Baptist Church, 2130 Hwy 11 N, Picayune, MS 39466 with “Dana Branch Memorial Fund” in the memo.

Mrs. Branch was an artist at heart, from cooking to crafting to fine art, she created beauty all around her. May her legacy of faith and love endure in the hearts of all those who knew her.

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