San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Bryson, Bernice Martha "Neecey" January 6 2005
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The Record  January 8, 2005
Stockton
Bernice Martha Bryson

May 19, 1922 - January 6, 2005



Bernice Martha Bryson, 82, passed away Thursday morning, January 6, 2005, while 
in the loving arms of her husband. Bernice valued family above all else, and 
was married to WWII veteran and proud Pearl Harbor survivor, James Anthony 
Bryson, for 66 years. Bernice and "Jim" were married in their hometown, 
Greenville, South Carolina, where they lived with eldest son, Joe Bryson, until 
they moved to Stockton in 1951. Her second son Tony, Daughter Robin, and Joe 
were raised in the home Bernice and Jim owned in the Country Club community for 
50 years. She and Jim recently returned to Stockton from Booneville, Arkansas, 
where they had built a hilltop house. Before she retired, Bernice was a 
cheerful and familiar face at then-favorite Stockton diners The Rolling Pin on 
Pacific Avenue and Eddie's Coffee Shop on Charter Way. Loyal patrons knew her 
as "Neecey."
Her surviving eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren knew her as "The 
Grandma." She is also survived by daughters-in-law, Pattie, Kathleen, Dee 
Bryson Norick, and Debbie Bryson Bimbico. 
Bernice loved her family, Chinese food, watching golf, a perfect manicure, and 
her jewelry. She always had a dog by her side. Bernice spent many wonderful 
years traveling with Jim to picturesque sites in their beloved motor home 
meeting fellow Pearl Harbor survivors and other members of the Veterans of 
Foreign Wars throughout the Pacific Southwest. However, her favorite place to 
relax and talk and sing along with oldies radio was in Stockton on the Delta 
waterfront at the Rod and Gun Club. She also loved gardening, and frequently 
mailed photographs to family of her thriving roses, geraniums, and colorful 
beds of assorted flowers growing around her home. Her good humor and Southern 
warmth will be missed very much. 
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Hospice House of San 
Joaquin for their compassionate assistance; 3888 N. Pacific Ave., Stockton, CA 
95207.


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