Obituary: Mary Lucille Bryant, 2003
Source: The Daily Progress, January 12, 2003
Contributor: Dennis Truslow, aquaair@erols.com
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  Mary Lucille Bryant, 77, of Arrington, died Friday, Jan. 10, 2003, at the Lynchburg 
Hospital. 
  Lucille, as most knew her, was born June 30, 1925, in Nelson County, a daughter of 
the late Samuel B. Bryant and Lola Catherine Wood Bryant. 
  Lucille was a former employee of the American Cyanamid Plant at Piney River, with 
more than 25 years of service, and later retired from the Nelson County Health 
Department with more than 18 years of service. 
  She was well known throughout Nelson County as a caring and dedicated home healthcare 
provider and was, likewise, a dedicated caregiver to her sisters, Alma and Georgia. 
  She was a lifelong, dedicated and devoted member of St. Stephens Baptist Church at 
Tye River, and served the church and its congregational in many ways. 
  She is survived by her sisters, Birdie Alma Bryant and Georgia V. Bryant, both of 
Tye River, and Madeline B. Staples of Amherst; six nieces, Betty, Barbara Ann, Sandra, 
Keren, Mary Lee and Wilma Lee; seven nephews, Russell, Bobby, Billy, Jerry, Jimmy, 
Morris Lee, Johnny and Roy Jr.; and several great-nieces and nephews. 
  She was preceded in death by one sister, Nannie B. Proffitt, and six brothers, 
Clarence, Roy, Theodore, Cecil, Russell and Ernest Bryant. 
  A graveside funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Bryant Family 
Cemetery at Tye River, with the Rev. Jake Stewart officiating. 
  Lucille's remains will rest after 4 p.m. today in the Sanctuary of St. Stephens 
Baptist Church, at which time the family will receive friend until 6 p.m. A brief 
service will be held at 6 p.m. this evening in the church following the visitation. 
  The family suggests that memorials take the form of donations to the Roseland Rescue 
Squad, P.O. Box 39, Roseland, Va., 22967, or St. Stephens Baptist Church, 411, Falling 
Rock Dr., Amherst, Va. 22975. 
  Wells/Sheffield Funeral Chapel, Lovingston, is in charge of arrangements. 


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