Vella Lou Branch Heilman

Services for Vella Lou Branch Heilman are set for Thursday August 2nd at 2:00 PM at the Family Life Church with the Rev. Larry Eberhart officiating. Burial will follow at the Collinsville Cemetery. Family visitation will be on Wednesday at the funeral home from 5-7 P.M.

Vella died on July 31st st the North Texas Medical Center following a brief illness. She was born in Gainesville to Clyde and Helen Ingram Branch on January 29, 1951. She married Kenneth Ray Heilman in Gainesville on September 18, 1971. She was a 1969 Gainesville High School graduate and furthered her education at Cooke County College and TWU.

She is survived by her mother Helen Branch Taylor of Collinsville, daughter and son-in-law Emily and Sean Cannon, daughter Amber Heilman 3 grandchildren, brothers Mike Branch of West Palm Bay, FL., Ken Branch of Collinsville, sister Rhonda Gonzales of Gainesville and several nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her husband Kenneth Ray Heilman, her father Clyde Branch and her grandparents.