James Eldridge Branch, 86, of High Ridge, Mo., died Monday, Feb. 6, 2006, at Arnold, Mo.

Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, at the Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden, Mo.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 10, at the First Assembly of God Church in Malden with the Rev. Cleo Payne Monroe Johnson officiating.

Burial will follow in the Memorial Park Cemetery at Malden.