CASSATT – Funeral service for William Ripon Branham, 59, will be held Friday at 4:00 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home with burial to follow in Deliverance Tabernacle Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday 2:30 -4:00 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. Mr. Branham died Tuesday, September 24, 2013. Born in Camden, he was the son of the late Robert E. and Carrie Bell Spires Branham. Surviving are his brothers, Robert B. Branham of Lugoff, John Lawson Branham of Camden, and Olin D. Branham of West Columbia; sisters, Josephine Branham of Camden, Ellen Stokes of Cassatt and Phyllis Hayes of Cassatt; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by brothers, Steve P. Branham, LeGrand Branham and Charles M. Branham, Sr.