Mr. William Lester Branch's Obituary
William (Bill) Lester Branch, age 63 of Nashville, TN passed away Tuesday, September 24, 2019. He is survived by his wife, Cathy Hardaway Branch; daughter, Bonnie Branch; parents, Janette and Bill Prescott; sister, Lanette Burr; stepbrothers, Jamey Prescott(Jenny), Bruce Prescott(Faith), Tim Prescott(Ronna). He was the President and Principal Broker of Life Style Real Estate Advisors, Inc. He graduated from Montgomery Bell Academy and Florida Southern College. He began his career as the owner of a motorcycle dealership, then spent twenty years in sales and marketing in custom book publishing with FRP, a division of The Southwestern Company. During his years with Southwestern, Bill developed numerous national and international accounts that resulted in a number of award-winning books.
Bill was an avid outdoorsman - enjoying hiking, kayaking, scuba diving and paddle boarding. Bill instilled in his daughter, Bonnie, a passion for service, learning and adventure. Passions that led her to choose teaching as her profession. Bill was all about relationships; for 35 years he met, once a week, to run with the same group of friends at Warner Parks.
Bill loved Rugby, TN where he served on the Board of Directors of Historic Rugby, Inc. He was a loyal husband, father, son and friend. Bill enjoyed cooking a meal, reading a good book and lifting others up with his collection of inspirational quotes.
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to be made in Bill’s honor to Historic Rugby, Inc., P.O. Box 8, Rugby, TN 37733 historicrugby.org
Visitation will be held at Spring Hill Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5110 Gallatin Road, Nashville, TN 37216, on October 3, 2019 from 10AM until 12PM. Graveside service to follow at 12PM.
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