Gladys Irene Branch ?Granny? Cole

Cole, Gladys Irene Branch ?Granny? ?of Knoxville, age 89, born April 27, 1918, passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2007. She was a native of the Laurel Community of the Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. A wife, mother, and grandmother, she lived most of her life in South Knoxville. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Arthur H. ?Audie? Cole; her mother and father, Nolie Branch Breeden and John Branch of Sevierville; and seven brothers and sisters. Mrs. Cole was an accomplished seamstress, well known in the South Knoxville area, having sewn for innumerable friends and acquaintances for more than fifty years. She was a faithful member of the Gospel Baptist Church. She is survived by her daughter, Lois Jean Shoffner and her son-in-law, Doyle Shoffner of Greentown, Indiana; her son, James H. ?Jay? Cole and daughter-in-law, Carolyn Cole of Woodland, Tennessee; her sister, Evelyn Campbell of Sevierville, Tennessee; her brother, Floyd Branch of Morristown, Tennessee; six grandchildren, Sharon, Tammy, Melissa, Sean, Misty and Terra; seven great-grandchildren, Jamie, Anthony, Troy, Cole, Sydney, Kinsley and Ella Jae; and three great-great-grandchildren. Services will be in the chapel of Berry Funeral Home on Saturday, June 16, 2007 at 2:30 PM with Reverend I.A. Sparks officiating. Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery in Knoxville. Pallbearers will be Anthony Jones, Troy Jones, Cole Turner, Troy Branch, J.B. Branch and Eugene Branch. Honorary pallbearers will be Robert Alvis, Parnick Rogers, and Sean Cole. The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Friday, June 15, 2007 at Berry Funeral Home, Chapman Highway.