Joe Wayne Bransford, 81, passed away at home in Denton, Texas on August 3, 2015. A celebration of life will be held privately by the family. He was born on March 16, 1934 in Hillsboro, Texas to Mary Francis Grant Bransford and Jesse Winters Bransford. Joe was a writer of novels, short stories, poetry and screen plays. In 1992 he produced the inaugural Hot Springs Arkansas Documentary Film Festival, making him an honorary member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Joe also produced a short film using students from Henderson State College in Arkansas and a documentary film in New Orleans re: the life of Father Seelos. Joe was an avid sportsman as a young man, playing baseball, basketball and football in Bearden, Arkansas. He pitched baseball for the Kraftsman Team in Camden and for the U.S. Army in Germany in 1955 when they won the European championship. He leaves behind his wife of 45 years; Kathleen Bransford; two daughters, Lynda Nunn and Frances Wynn; four sons, Jose Flores, James Flores, Kalen and Nathan Bransford; 7 grandchildren; and 2 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; and his four brothers, Robert Joseph Bransford, Herbert Lynn Hawkins, JW Bransford, and Audavee Bransford.