Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bryant, Bessie T. Kitchen, 1969 

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BESSIE THOMAS KITCHEN BRYANT

   COURTLAND - A funeral service for Mrs. Bessie Thomas Kitchen Bryant was 
conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday in W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home, 
Franklin, by the Rev. Harold Lewis, assisted by the Rev. William T. Joyner. 
Burial was in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland.

   Pallbearers were Marvin H. Bryant, William T. Bryant, Ulysses P. Joyner, 
David I. Joyner, Harvey F. Bryant Jr., Curtis P. Bryant, E. Wayne Sykes and 
Kenneth B. Sykes.

   Mrs. Bryant, 80, Rt. 1, Courtland, died Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. in the U.S. 
Naval Hospital, Portsmouth.

   A native of Southampton County, she was the wife of William Alfred Bryant 
and the daughter of the late Robert Thomas and Mrs. Martha Babb Kitchen.  She 
was a member of the Courtland Baptist Church.

   Surviving besides her husband are three sons, LCDR Marvin H. Bryant, USN 
Ret., Williamsburg; LCDR Harvey F. Bryant, USN Ret., Virginia Beach and Robert 
A. Bryant; three daughters Mrs. Gertrude B. Joyner, Franklin; Mrs. E.R. Sykes, 
Portsmouth; Mrs. John V. Sheldon, Dillsbury, Pa., one brother, Rev. J.D. 
Kitchen Jr., Blackstone; three sisters, Mrs. Charles S. Hudson Sr., Richmond; 
Mrs. J.E. Parker, Emporia and Mrs. E.C. Rodkey, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. fifteen 
grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren.


Bessie Thomas (KITCHEN; Mrs. William A.) BRYANT, of Courtland, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 14 May 1969, Portsmouth, age 80, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 55A*), Courtland, 11 May 1969, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 19, 1969, p. 2 

*Her parents are buried in Section I, Plot 7. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

Her father's obits ("Tidewater News," May 18 & 25, 1928) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/k325r2ob.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," July 24, 1972, p. 6) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b653w4ob.txt 


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