Carolyn Branch Leonard, born 21 Aug 1937 on the farm near Buffalo on her Daddy's birthday, is proud to be a native Oklahoman. Her father, Ernest S. Branch, was a lifelong rancher and farmer, as was his father. Her mother, Imogene Parsons Branch, taught school, following that family's tradition. Both families were early-day settlers in Harper County near Buffalo, Oklahoma; her great grandparents coming into Oklahoma at the opening land run into the Cherokee Strip in 1893 and moving to Harper County around the turn of the century. Carolyn was born at the farm and grew up in a small house with no plumbing or electricity with her two older brothers, Bill, and Curt. She married right out of high school to John C. Leonard, and they had two children as well as taking two foster children and helping with others. Carolyn was preceded in death by her parents and brothers, William (Bill) Branch of Buffalo and Dr. John Curtis Branch of Oklahoma City; sister-in-law Neva Barnes of Ft Supply; daughter, Cathy Welch of Houston; first husband, John C. Leonard and granddaughter, Kara Lyn Nicholson.
Carolyn Branch Leonard, born 21 Aug 1937 on the farm near Buffalo on her Daddy's birthday, is proud to be a native Oklahoman. Her father, Ernest S. Branch, was a lifelong rancher and farmer, as was his father. Her mother, Imogene Parsons Branch, taught school, following that family's tradition. Both families were early-day settlers in Harper County near Buffalo, Oklahoma; her great grandparents coming into Oklahoma at the opening land run into the Cherokee Strip in 1893 and moving to Harper County around the turn of the century. Carolyn was born at the farm and grew up in a small house with no plumbing or electricity with her two older brothers, Bill, and Curt. She married right out of high school to John C. Leonard, and they had two children as well as taking two foster children and helping with others. Carolyn was preceded in death by her parents and brothers, William (Bill) Branch of Buffalo and Dr. John Curtis Branch of Oklahoma City; sister-in-law Neva Barnes of Ft Supply; daughter, Cathy Welch of Houston; first husband, John C. Leonard and granddaughter, Kara Lyn Nicholson.
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