Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....BRYANT, ROOSEVELT JR.  January 3, 2014
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News Star World - January 14, 2014
ROOSEVELT JR. BRYANT

Rev. Roosevelt Bryant Jr., a native of New Orleans, a 38-year resident of
Grambling, La., passed away on Friday January 3, in Columbus, Ohio. He was 74
years old.

Having received his elementary and secondary education in New Orleans schools,
he attended Dillard University (B.A); Wayne State University (M.Ed.); Union
Baptist Theological Seminary and the Institute for Evangelism and Church Growth
(Honorary D.D.); Central Mississippi College (Honorary L.L.D.). He prepared
himself for his calling through study at New Orleans Baptist Theological
Seminary and Morris College School of Religion, Sumpter, South Carolina. He
received his certification in Supervision and Administration at Louisiana Tech
University.

His experiences as pastor and teacher-administrator include Metropolitan and the
Little Zion Baptist Churches, New Orleans; the Mayflower Institutional
Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit; New Rocky Valley Baptist Church, Grambling;
Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Jonesboro; Orleans, Ouachita, Jackson,
and Bienville Parish Schools; Detroit Public Schools; Project Upward Bound,
Grambling State University.

A leader by example, he served in numerous religious and civic capacities
including President, North Louisiana Baptist Association, Vice-President,
Northwest Region of the Greater Louisiana Baptist State Convention,
Vice-President, Liberty Hill Congress of Christian Education, Bible Teacher,
Liberty Hill Baptist District Association, Dean, Louisiana Baptist State
Convention Congress of Christian Education, Treasurer, Louisiana Baptist State
Convention Youth Encampment, NAACP, Councilman, City of Grambling. Answering the
call of his country, he also served in the United States Air Force.

Church members, relatives and friends are invited to his wake service from 6 to
8 p.m. Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Parish
Road 405, Jonesboro, La. Home-going services will be at 11:00 a.m. Thursday,
January 16 at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Jonesboro with Rev. Brandon
Marshall, Dothan, Alabama, officiating. Interment will follow in Memorial
Garden, Grambling, La., under the direction of Paradise Funeral Home of Jonesboro.

Rev. Bryant is survived by his beloved wife Emma Jean Cannon Bryant; two
children, Phara Nicole Fondren (Myrick) Nashville, TN and Dr. Roosevelt Bryant
III, M.D. (Laurie) Cincinnati, OH; two grandchildren, Roosevelt IV and Lauren
Kennedy; one sister, Rose McCray (Ruston).

Paradise Funeral Home

Jonesboro, LA

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