Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Bryant, Mary A. Phelps, 1923 

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MRS. MARY A. BRYANT 

  Suffolk, Feb., 18. -- Mrs. Mary A. Bryant, widow of E.T. Bryant, died of 
pneumonia Saturday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock in the 78th year of her age. 
She is survived by five sons, R.L. Bryant, James H. Bryant, R.R. Bryant, 
F.P. Bryant, of Suffolk; and Ben I. Bryant, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; three 
daughters, Mrs. W.T. Jones and Miss Rosa Bryant, of Suffolk, and Mrs. John 
Scott, of Corapeake, N.C.  She also is survived by twenty-three grandchildren 
and seven great grandchildren.  Mrs. Bryant was a woman of many fine traits 
of character, and her life was one devoted to her home and children.  Funeral 
services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence of Mr. 
and Mrs. W.T. Jones in Saratoga street, the Rev. T.B. MacSparren, D.D., pastor 
of the Main Street M.E. Church, officiating.  Burial will be in the family lot 
in Cedar Hill Cemetery.  Active pallbearers will be the five sons of the 
deceased and her son-in-law, W.T. Jones.  Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. 
Lewis Rawles, H.S. Eley, Judge James L. McLemore, Dr. H.W. Campbell, M.N. 
Harrison, J.L. Little, L.P. Jordan, W.J. Richards, H. Jones, R.R. Smith. 


Mary Alice (PHELPS; Mrs. Edward Thomas Sr.) BRYANT, 
b. 4 Jan 1845, Nansemond Co., d. 17 Feb 1923, at home, Suffolk, 
listed in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block G, Lot 54*), Suffolk, 
"Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk (VA) Landmark," Mon., Feb. 19, 1923, p. 9, 
   text posted with Find a Grave Memorial #245976242 

*Additional information: 

Unmarked?  Added to the Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

D.Cert. 5011 (Suffolk #45) gives her parents as James & Sarah A. (LESLER) 
   PHELPS. 

Rather, her parents were James & Barsheba (LESTER) PHELPS, who m. in 1832 
   in Isle of Wight Co.; Barsheba d. in 1849.  James 2m. Catherine D. ROBERTS 
   in 1851 in Isle of Wight Co.  Catherine d. 5 Jul 1865 in Nansemond Co. of 
   bilious fever.  Catherine was named as a heir of her father David ROBERTS, 
   who left will 29 Aug 1856, proved 2 Sep 1861.  (Isle of Wight Co. Mixed 
   Records, Vol. 27, pp. 254-55). 

Her brother James A. PHELPS was a Confederate veteran.  He served as a private 
   in Co. I, 13th VA Cavalry, and was wounded in the mouth by a minie ball. 
   His horse was KIA Sep. 9, 1862, at Williamsburg.  A shipbuilder before the 
   war, he was transferred at his request to the CS Navy, being unable to 
   afford another horse. 

Her husband's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Apr. 18, 1913, p. 10) at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b653e11o.txt 


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File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). 
Corrections & additional information from Ann Marie Piland. 

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