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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, March 7, 1993                   TAG: 9303050355
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 9   EDITION: METRO 
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BRANSON BIRTH

Ian Nathan Branson, weighing 6 lbs. 4 1/4 oz. and 19 1/2 inches long, was born at Community Hospital on February 4, 1993, at 11:59 a.m. Parents are Bobby and Teresa Branson. His sister Melissa is 16 years old and brother Jonathan is six years old. Grandparents are Bill and Pat Ingles of Dublin, Va., and Bessie Branson of Saltville and the late John Branson. Special thanks to Dr. Vermillion.

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