RIDGEWAY – Graveside services for Fay D. “Mule” Branham, 82, will be held Thursday at 4:00 p.m. at Smyrna United Methodist Church Cemetery. Reverend Dean Reynolds will officiate. Mr. Branham passed away October 2, 2016. Born in Ridgeway, SC, on June 26, 1934, he was the son of the late Benjamin T. Branham and Edna Easler Branham. He was a member of Sawney’s Creek Baptist Church, VFW Post 8346, and enjoyed reading, history, and spending time with family. Surviving is his sister, Mable Wilson of Florida; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his siblings, Charles Branham, Harry Branham, Marguerite Dinkins, Norma Barfield, Dessie Catlett, and Jeanette Peak.