Obituary: Frank Dean Bryan, April 27, 2010

Contributed by Brenda Scott Hines
June 2010

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The Observer/Enterprise Friday, May 7, 2010

BRYAN
	
Frank Dean Bryan, who, with his brother Wilson, spent his early years in 
Robert Lee, died April 27, 2010, in Bellevue, Washington.  Born December 30, 
1917, in Hawkins, Texas.  Frank was 92 at the time of his death.

The youngest child of Frank and Lillie birdie Bryan, Frank was a proud 
alumni of Robert Lee High School.  He was married to Doris Simpson Bryan 
for 66 years, from March 4, 1939, until her death in June of 2005.  For 
the 35 years following his retirement from the US Army, they made their 
home in Fortuna, California.  Their surviving son, Patrick, resides with 
his wife Gayle in Bellevue, Washington.

Except for a period in the late 1940s, when he ran Frank's Foods in downtown 
Robert Lee, Frank made his career in the Army, serving during WWII, Korea, 
and the Vietnam War.  He was buried with full military honors on May 4, 2010, 
at the San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery in California. 

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