Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bryant, Marshall L. Sr., 1968 

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MARSHALL LEE BRYANT 

  SMITHFIELD - Marshall Lee Bryant Sr., 56, died Friday night in Obici 
Hospital in Suffolk after a brief illness. 

  A life-long resident of Isle of Wight County, he was employed as a welding 
foreman at Benthall Machine Company in Suffolk. 

  The son of James and Mrs. Emily Harris Bryant, he is survived by six sons: 
Robert Lee Bryant of Rushmere, Samuel Thomas Bryant of Ivor, Marshall Lee 
Bryant Jr. of Suffolk, Jimmy Norman Bryant, William Ronald Bryant, and Rawls 
Edward Bryant, all of Smithfield; six sisters, Mrs. John Wells, Mrs. George 
Wells and Mrs. Jim Wells, all of Ivor, Mrs. Nathan Crocker of Smithfield, Mrs. 
Nat Jones of Franklin, and Mrs. William B. Baldree of Hopewell; a brother, 
Walter Ray Bryant of Petersburg; and 17 grandchildren. 

  Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at the Bullock Funeral 
Home by the Rev. Paul J. Forsythe, pastor of Mill Swamp Baptist Church. 
Burial will be in the Central Hill Cemetery. 


Marshall Lee BRYANT, Sr., Benthall Machine welding foreman, 
b. 7 Aug 1911*, Isle of Wight Co., d. 12 Apr 1968, Suffolk, 
interred in Central Hill Baptist Church Cemetery*, 15 Apr 1968, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 46, No. 90, Sun., Apr. 14, 1968, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #56: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Ron Stewart - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #105663089. 

D.Cert. 68-013067 

His WW-II draft card gives b. 7 Aug 1912. 

He & Frances Lee GAY (1917 - 1986) m. 2 Feb 1933 in Smithfield; they div. in 
   1958.  She 2m. Roy Edward ATKINS.  They are also buried at Central Hill. 


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