Background
Branch, Ernest A. was born on May 16, 1888 in Lumberton, North Carolina, United States. Son of John A. and Mary O’Neal (Breece) Branch.
Branch, Ernest A. was born on May 16, 1888 in Lumberton, North Carolina, United States. Son of John A. and Mary O’Neal (Breece) Branch.
Student Oak Ridge (North Carolina) Institute, 1908-1910. Doctor ol Dental Surgery, Atlanta Dental College, 1910-1913. Irregular student North Carolina State College, 1925-1929.
In private practice of dentistry, Norwood, North Carolina, 1913-1922. Member visiting staff Forsyth Dental Infirmary for Children, Boston, 1923. Public health dentist for Wake County, North Carolina, 1922-1927.
Private practice, children’s dentistry, 1927-1929. Director division of oral hygiene North Carolina State Board Health, since 1929.
Member visiting staff Forsyth Dental Infirmary for Children, Boston, 1923. Fellow American College Dentists. Member North Carolina Dental Society (president 1933-1934), American Dental Association, North Carolina Public Health Association (past president), American Association Public Health Dentists.
Association State and Territorial Dental Dirs. (president 1950), Phi Omega.
Married Marry Emma Parkr, June 14, 1915. Children: Mary O’Neal (Mistress Robert G. B. Bourne), Jacquelyn (Mistress Robert L. Burrage, Junior.