CAMBRIDGE - Alice S. Brannock, 89, of Cambridge, passed away on Thursday, March 22, 2012, at Dorchester General Hospital. She was born in Essex on Oct. 13, 1922, and was a daughter of the late William and Phyrn Fetter Burke. She attended schools in the Linkwood area and graduated from the 7th grade at the Old Seminary in Cambridge. At the age of 13, she went to work at Phillips Packing Company and over the years she worked at various shirt factories, later went to work at Western Printing Company and retired at the age of 65 from Airpax. After she retired, she did some sewing for different people until her eye sight failed. On April 25, 1942, she married Howard P. "Joe" Brannock, who passed away on July 31, 1980. Mrs. Brannock attended St. Paul's United Methodist Church. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother and was loved by all her friends and neighbors. She is survived by a daughter and best friend, Sylvia Windsor of Cambridge; a son, Randall P. Brannock and his wife Linda of Salisbury; a granddaughter, Christina Ennis and her husband Brian of Salisbury; a great-granddaughter, Leilani Eckert also of Salisbury; and several nieces and nephews. Besides her parents and her husband, Mrs. Brannock was preceded in death by three sisters, Edna Burke, Bertha Bangert, Jessie Ballantine; and a brother, Maurice Burke. Pallbearers were Brian Ennis, Eric Gray, George Phillips, Greg Rhea, Ben Parks and Ben Parks Jr. A funeral service was held on Saturday, March 24, 2012, at 1 p.m. at Thomas Funeral Home, P.A. in Cambridge with Rev. Randall T. Blackmon officiating. Interment followed at East New Market Cemetery. Family received friends one hour prior to the service.