NINTH GENERATION

52. FRANK SANDERS BRANDON was born on 4 Nov 1902 in BRUSH HILL, McINTOSH CO., OKLA.. He died in 1965 in EUFAULA, OKLAHOMA. Frank, second son of James Walter and Annie McLean Brandon was about 17 when his father died suddenly, and he and his younger brother Bob was left to help their Mother manage the farm. Frank had finished High School and had enrolled in Okla. A. & M., when he made the decision to get married to Iva Mae Carter of Eufaula,
Shortly after they moved to Arizona in 1923, and were influencial in encouraging his brother Charles to move there also where Irrigated farming was new and many new farms were going into production. However, Frank and Iva returned to Oklahoma for a few years before returning again in 1929 and went into the Bee business, processing and selling honey.
Being a avid hunter and fisherman, he missed these passtimes, so returned to Okla. in about 1931.

Frank worked for a number of years for the McIntosh County Agricultural Dept. before moving to Cleveland, Ohio where he worked with his brother Bob and learned the Dry Cleaning business. Later he was able to go into the business on his own.

Frank passed away in Eufaula, Okla, while there to attend the funeral of his brother-in-law
Lee Carter. He and Iva are buried in the Greenwood Cemetery there in Eufaula. Okla.

He was married to IVA MAE CARTER about 1920 in CHECOTAH, OKLAHOMA. IVA MAE CARTER was born on 10 Oct 1902 in McINTOSH CO. OKLA. She died on 7 Dec 1983 in GRAND ISLAND, NEB.. FRANK SANDERS BRANDON and IVA MAE CARTER had the following children:

+61 i. EDITH MARIE BRANDON.
62 ii. JAMES FRANKLIN BRANDON was born in 1930 in HIGLEY, ARIZONA. He died about 1980 in GRAND ISLAND, NEB..
63 iii. GARY WAYNE BRANDON (Private).

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