Hello Ron,
The link below is the obituary found online for "Anna Belle Keeling" -
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/bristol/obits/heraldcourier/2003/bnc090703.txt
It states that Anna was preceded in death by two sons, one of them being Jerry Mitchell Branch.
Feel free to add it as a source record.
And you'll find more information on him if you look here - https://familysearch.org/search/record/results#count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3A%22jerry%20Mitchell%22~%20%2Bsurname%3ABranch~