Jeannie Sexton Branum, age 71, of Harriman, passed away May 20, 2021. She was born in Harriman June 19, 1949 to Imogene Newcomb Sexton and James Bart Sexton, Jr. Jeannie graduated from Harriman High School in 1967

She was preceded in death by her husband of 27 years: Chuck Branum; her mother: Imogene Newcomb Sweat; father: James Bart Sexton, Jr.; step-mother: Peg Sexton; step-father: Andy Sweat; brother: John Arthur Sweat; special cousin/sister: Patricia Dutton Murphy; uncle: Leland Bodine; maternal grandmother: Gertrude Newcomb; paternal grandmother: Maggie Sexton Collett; and many other aunts, uncles, cousins and great-grandparents that were very special to her and impacted her life.

Survivors include her daughter: Brandii Branum Linville (Mike) and their children, Maggie Kendrick, Andrew Jacob, Natalie Dane and Ryder Lane; son: Travis James Branum (Trina) and their children, Charley Breanda and Elsie Kate; nephew: William “Bosk” Murphy (Jen); brother: Russ Sexton (Lisa Paumen) and their son Cody, his wife Saundra and their children; brother: James Sweat, his wife Pam and their three daughters; sister Billie Ann and her husband and children; sister Nancy Ruth and her family, sister Andrea Kay and her family; her uncle William Newcomb, his wife Nancy Dee, and their family; her sister-in-law Joyce Clark Allen and her family; special friend Jody Vanover and her fur babies; and especially her sister in Christ, Sunday School Teacher and physician, Mimi Tedder and Dr. Tedder’s office staff, who made our transition to hospice much easier; the staff at Amedisys Home Health and Hospice and Sherry and her staff at Live and Let Live Drugstore.

Jeannie also leaves behind the hundreds of people who enhanced and enriched her life to the fullest. Her co-workers and students at RSCC, her church family at Big Emory Baptist Church, her quilting and sewing friends, the cousins and the friends she made in Beaver, OK; Dustin Huntley, Will & Whitney Payne and their three children Benton, Bodie and Braidy Jo, Whit’s parents, The Hardins, Will’s Grandmother, Mrs. Barby, Brent and Christi Lansden and their kids, Gunnar, Averi and Devyn, Jan Fisher, Kristy Flowers and Tammy Millikan. The kids who played ball with the Linvilles, all called Jeannie “Nanny”. She has stayed in touch with many of them via Facebook, those connections meant so very much to her!

Graveside and interment service will be held Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 2 p.m. eastern in the Roane Memorial Gardens in Rockwood. Evans Mortuary is serving the family.