Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bryant, Everett R., 1945 

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EVERETT RUSSELL BRYANT

E.R. BRYANT, BOYKINS CITIZEN, 73, IS DEAD

   Everett Russell Bryant, 73 years of age, well-known farmer and retired 
merchant of Boykins, died suddenly at his home in that town Sunday morning. 
He was the son of the late Jonas R. and Mary Ricks Bryant of Boykins and the 
husband of the late Mrs. Adona Colonna Bryant.  He was a member and deacon of 
the Boykins Baptist Church, a director of the Meherrin Valley Bank, and had 
served for many years on the Democratic Executive Committee of Boykins 
District.

   Surviving him hare one son, Everett R. Bryant, Jr., of Franklin; one 
grandson, John Everett Bryant, of Franklin; five sisters, Mrs. O.W. Gray and 
Mrs. C.W. Darden, Sr., of Boykins; Mrs. J.H. Keene, of Newport News; Mrs. T. 
Goff, of Charlotte, and Mrs. T.H. Felton, Jr., of Chicago, and three brothers, 
R.S. Bryant and Otis R. Bryant, of Boykins, and J.R. Bryant of Chesapeake 
Beach.

   The body was taken to W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home, Franklin, where 
funeral services were held from the Boykins Baptist Church Tuesday afternoon, 
assisted by the Rev. L.F. Callaham, pastor of the Boykins Methodist Church, 
with music by members of choir of the Boykins Baptist Church.  Burial was made 
in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin.  Active pallbearers were A.L. Knight, W. 
Hugh Powell, Earl W. Bryant, Herman O. Carlton, F.R. Stephens, P.T. Person and 
Dr. J.J. Grizzard.  Honorary bearers were selected from a number of friends of 
the family.


Everett Russell BRYANT (Sr.), farmer, retired merchant, & bank director, 
d. 19 Aug 1945, at home, Boykins, age 73, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 38A*), Franklin, 
   23 Aug 1945, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 24, 1945, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

Additional information: 

Everett was the namesake of his paternal grandfather and the son of 
Jonas Ringold and his first wife Mary J. "Mollie" (RICKS) BRYANT.  His 
parents are buried in the BRYANT family cemetery, off Hwy. 35, near Boykins. 
   Southampton County Historical Society, Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 6 (VI-39): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol6.txt 


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