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==Background==

==Background==

The oldest child of Marion M. Branton and the former Addie Mae Martin, Branton graduated from Shongaloo High School and then attended [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] and the [[University of Texas at Austin]], both for two years. With the outbreak of [[World War II]], Branton joined the [[United States Army]] Signal Corps and attended a special school in advanced[[radar]] held near [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]] in Fayette County, [[Kentucky]]. There he met his future wife, the former Georgia Porter Lusby (1921-2013), a native of Avon in Fayette County, and the daughter of Owen Lusby and the former Lena Williams. On October 30, 1943, the couple married in Paris in Bourbon County, Kentucky.<ref name=glbr>{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=georgia-branton&pid=167860166&fhid=10230|title=Georgia Branton (1921-2013)|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=November 5, 2013|accessdate=September 2, 2020}}</ref>

The oldest child of Marion M. Branton and the former Addie Mae Martin, Branton graduated from Shongaloo High School and then attended [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] and the [[University of Texas at Austin]], both for two years. With the outbreak of [[World War II]], Branton joined the [[United States Army]] Signal Corps and attended a special school in advanced[[radar]] held near [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]] in Fayette County, [[Kentucky]]. There he met his future wife, the former Georgia Porter Lusby (1921-2013), a native of Avon in Fayette County, and the daughter of Owen Lusby and the former Lena Williams. On October 30, 1943, the couple married in Paris in Bourbon County, Kentucky.<ref name=glbr>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=georgia-branton&pid=167860166&fhid=10230|title=Georgia Branton (1921-2013)|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=November 5, 2013|accessdate=September 2, 2020}}</ref>

   

   

In 1948, Branton joined the staff of [[American Airlines]] in [[El Paso]], [[Texas]], and was later assigned to  [[San Francisco]] and [[Los Angeles]],  [[California]].<ref name=obit/> He returned to Shongaloo in 1951 and was employed in the personnel and payroll departments of the since closed International Paper Company in nearby Springhill.<ref>''Minden Herald,'' October 20, 1955, pp. 1, 12.</ref> He also operated a store in Shongaloo at the intersection of state highways 159 and 2. He was a member of Mt. Paran [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church in Shongaloo.<ref>Branton in Race for Clerk's Office," ''Minden Herald,'' October 20, 1955, p. 1.</ref>

In 1948, Branton joined the staff of [[American Airlines]] in [[El Paso]], [[Texas]], and was later assigned to  [[San Francisco]] and [[Los Angeles]],  [[California]].<ref name=obit/> He returned to Shongaloo in 1951 and was employed in the personnel and payroll departments of the since closed International Paper Company in nearby Springhill.<ref>''Minden Herald,'' October 20, 1955, pp. 1, 12.</ref> He also operated a store in Shongaloo at the intersection of state highways 159 and 2. He was a member of Mt. Paran [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church in Shongaloo.<ref>Branton in Race for Clerk's Office," ''Minden Herald,'' October 20, 1955, p. 1.</ref>