Obit of Tracy Vera Bryant (b653) - Caddo County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Sandy Miller  <skmiller@webtv.net > 2 Nov 2000  
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Surnames: Bryant, Schoonover, Walker, Barnes, Nunley, Popejoy 

Tracy Vera Bryant
August 11, 1997

Graveside services were held in the Pleasant View Cemetery, south of 
Fort Cobb, Caddo county, Ok. for Tracy Vera Bryant, 92, of 
Chickasha. Mrs. Bryant died Monday 11-Aug-1997 at Shanoan Springs 
Retirement Center in Chickasha, Grady county, Ok. Officiating at the 
service was the Rev. Bill Nunley and Mack Schoonover of the 
Cornerstone Church in Chickasha. Services were under the direction 
of the Steverson Funeral Home of Anadarko.

Bryant was born 09-Dec-1904 south of Fort Cobb to McClelland and 
Rosalie (Walker) Schoonover. When she was four years old her family 
moved to a farm four miles south of Anadarko. She attended Antondale 
School and graduated from Anadarko High School. She was a piano 
student of Mrs. Popejoy for several years. She attended Anadarko 
Business College and received her bachelor's degree in music from 
the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Ok., in 1926. She received a 
public school teacher's certificate in music and taught at Blackwell 
Junior High for a period of time before moving to Memphis, Tn., 
where she received her diploma in accounting and became a Certified 
Public Accountant. While in Memphis she also received a diploma from 
the Tennessee Hairdresser and Cosmetologists Association as a master 
hairdresser and cosmetologist. Mrs. Bryant moved to Altus in 1958 
where she operated her own business as a public accountant and 
bookkeeper for numerous small businesses. For 17 years she lived in 
the Towers Apartments, a retirement center, and worked in the office 
until she was 87 years old. When her health deteriorated 18 months 
ago, she moved to Shanoan Springs. She had been a member of the 
Rebekah Lodge and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Altus 
where she served as secretary of the adult Sunday school department. 
She was also active in the senior adult and homebound Sunday school 
ministries. She had been a member of the hospital auxiliary and 
worked with the Senior Citizen Center. She was chosen Woman of the 
Year by the American Business Women's Association in Altus.

Preceding her in death were her parents; two brothers, Harold V. 
Schoonover and Leland Schoonover; and an infant sister. Survivors 
include two nephews, Mack Schoonover of Anadarko and Charles 
Schoonover of El Reno, Ok.; one niece, Betty Barnes of Kingsville, 
Tx.; and one sister-in-law, Bea Schoonover of Anadarko.