Obituary: Jesse Bryant, Franklin Parish, LA Submitted by Shirley Ashley ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The Franklin Sun---- Winnsboro, Louisiana November 8, 2000-- Page 5A Volume 144--- No. 13 Jesse Bryant Funeral services for Jesse Bryant, 87, of Extension were held Sunday at Locust Hill Baptist Church in Extension with the Rev. Johnny Heckard officiating. Interment followed in Daughter of Zion Cemetery in Extension under the direction of Richardson and Sims Funeral Home in Winnsboro. Mr. Bryant died Monday, October 30, 2000 at Glenwood Medical Center in West Monroe. Survivors include his wife, Neta M. Bryant of Fort Necessity; six daughters, Sandra Bryant of Wisner; Jessie Bryant and Arnita Bryant both of Fort Necessity; Tammy Bryant of Winnsboro; Helen Bryant of Ferriday; Tina Bryant of Jonesville; 12 sons, Jesse Bryant, Jr., James Bryant, Mayfield Williams all of Monroe; Johnny Heckard of Youngstown, Ohio; Willie Williams, Gene Bryant, Stanley Bryant and Anthony Bryant all of Fort Necessity; A.D. Williams of Stockton, California; John Bryant and Hamp Bryant both of Winnsboro; Lester Bryant of Wisner; 74 grandchildren and 45 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were Ricky Bryant, Frankie Bryant, Bobby Bryant, William Bryant, Eddie Bryant Jr., Izell Kerry and Frank Coleman.