Hertford County NcArchives Obituaries.....Bryant, Wyatt Emmett 1944 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bruce Saunders bs4403@verizon.net October 21, 2013, 9:43 am THE TIDEWATER NEWS – 11-03-1944, P. 6 WYATT EMMETT BRYANT Wyatt Emmett Bryant, aged 55, son of the late Nathaniel Davis and Eva Woodward Bryant, passed away at Riverside Hospital, Newport News, early Thursday morning, October 26, 1944, after an illness of many months. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lulie Railey Bryant, and one daughter, Mrs. Virginia Bryant Church, of Newport News; one sister, Mrs. S.S. Bishop, two brothers, J.W. and L.L. Bryant and one uncle, J.L. Bryant, all of Handsom, an aunt, Mrs. J.H. Flippin of Covington, Tenn., and a large family connection in Southampton and New Kent counties, his mother being a native of the New Kent County. Mr. Bryant was born and reared in the Sunbeam community, he had lived in Hampton and Newport News for the last thirty-two years. He joined Mt. Horeb M.E. Church at an early age and later moved his membership to Trinity M.E. Church, Newport News. Funeral services were conducted from New Hope Church Sunday at 3 p.m. by the Rev. J.W. Morrison, assisted by Rev. C.E. Derby of the Phoebus M.E. Church. The hymns, “In the Sweet Bye and Bye,” “In the Garden,” and “Jesus Savior Pilot Me,” were sung by members of New Hope, Mt. Horeb, Sunbeam, and Buckhorn choirs. Pallbearers were Dillard Riddick, George Prince, Frank Stephenson, John Crumpler, J.B. and Frank Ferguson, Franklin and Ben Bryant. Honorary pallbearers were friends of the family, the casket was covered with a double spray of ferns, white carnations and pink roses. There were many other lovely floral pieces. Interment was in the Railey family plot in the church yard. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/hertford/obits/b/bryant2398ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb