Columbia, SC — Chamberlain Branch was a friend, mentor and supporter to our daughter, who worked with him at the Governor’s Mansion, and she will greatly miss him. My wife and I always felt that in Mr. Branch our daughter had someone she could count on and who would help her in any way.

A lot of questions have crossed my mind since we learned that he was killed by a driver involved in a high-speed chase. One is why was it so important that the Cayce police chase a stolen car into the city of Columbia? How could this end well? If this chase could not be avoided, why was there not a roadblock set up somewhere, to force the driver to make a decision to stop the car or crash into patrol cars?

A high-speed chase over a stolen car does not seem like it is worth the cost that Mr. Branch’s family and friends are having to pay. Our daughter and our family will miss Chamberlain greatly.

Hal Dillard

Greer