Love Co., OK. - Obit for Bryan Ward Drennan

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                      Obit for Bryan Ward Drennan

Services for Bryan Ward Drennan, 30, of Marietta, were held at 2 p.m.
Wednesday, March 21, in the First Christian Church, Marietta, with the Rev.
Tommy Higgle and the Rev. Tom Riley officiating.

Mr. Drennan was born July 12, 1970, in Oklahoma City, the son of Jack C. and
Elizabeth Anne Doss Drennan. He died Sunday, March 18, 2001, in Integris
Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City.

He had been a resident of Marietta since 1978, previously making his home in
Ardmore. A 1988 graduate of Marietta High School, he graduated from Murray
State College in Tishomingo with an Associate Degree in Agriculture. He then
attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater and graduated from
Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant with a Bachelor of Arts in
Conservation & Range Management. Mr. Drennan was employed in Oil & Gas Chemical
sales. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, sports and horses, and his favorite pastime
was spending time with his friends. Mr. Drennan was a member of the First
Christian Church - Disciples of Christ in Marietta.

Survivors include his parents, Jack C. and Elizabeth Anne Drennan of the home;
grandmother, Grace Drennan of Marietta; uncles and aunts, Dick and Jan Michael
of Marietta, James and Sue Doss of Chandler, Arizona, and Goldie Estep of
Rowlett, Texas; and several cousins.

Mr. Drennan was preceded in death by his grandfather, Jack C. Drennan Sr;
great-grandmother, Blanche Ward; grand-mother, Beulah Doss Wears; step-
grandfather, Marvin W. Wears; uncle and aunt, Coy and Audrey Foster; and uncle,
Carl Estep.

Pallbearers were Brad McKinnon, Joe Bell, Bo Dailey, John Paul Alexander, Larry
Walker, Robert Taylor, Mark Hobbs and Herschel (Bub) Peery. Honorary
Pallbearers were Jack Hayes, John Kennedy, Rod Shankles, Billy Fred McKay,
Randy Hagood, Dick Michael, Blake Michael, Dusty Michael, Sonny Reed, Dr. Tom
O'Connor, Mark Segler, Susan Bell, Mary Helen Zachary, Laron Dixon, Bill
McGill, Jerry McGill, Jim Folsom, Jerry Stewart, Frankie Vaughn and Joe Pete
Martin.

Interment was in Lakeview Cemetery, Marietta, under the direction of Flanagan-
Watts Funeral Home, Marietta.

The family requests that memorials be made to Miami Project To Cure Paralysis,
P.O. Box 016960 (R48), Miami, Florida 33101-9844.

Printed in Marietta Monitor - March 23, 2001 (Love County, OK)