Johnny Lee Branum

October 20, 1949 - March 23, 2021

A celebration of the life of Johnny Branum, 71, of Lubbock, Texas will be 2:00 p.m., Monday, March 29, 2021 in Sanders Memorial Chapel with Doug Hale officiating. Graveside services will follow in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00-6:00 p.m., Sunday, March 28th at Sanders Funeral Home. Please celebrate the life of Johnny by visiting www.sandersfuneralhome.com. A webcast of services will be available as well as our online guest book. Johnny passed away March 23, 2021. Johnny was born October 20, 1949 in Lubbock , TX to Wendle and Ruby Branum. Johnny graduated from Texas Tech with a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts. He worked for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine and a local tv station as an artist before he started work as an insurance agent for Farmer's Insurance, then opening his own agency. He had a passion for art, and had watercolor exhibits at Hemphill Wells Mezzanine, the Lubbock Garden & Arts Center, in various locations in Albuquerque. His most recent endeavors included making kalediscopes that were exhibited at the Llano Estacado Winery. Loved ones include wife Gail Branum, mother Ruby Branum, sons Matt and Michael Branum, grandchildren, Caleb, Brooklyn and Ethan, sister Lisa and two brothers, Larry and Ronnie. Preceded in death by his father, Wendle R. Branum.