Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bryant, Ernest M., 1960 

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ERNEST MARVIN BRYANT

HEART ATTACK FATAL TO ERNEST M. BRYANT

   FRANKLIN - Ernest Marvin Bryant, 67, died suddenly of a heart attack 
Sunday afternoon at his home on Bogart avenue.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Lucy Davis Bryant and the son of the late 
William E. and Mrs. Willie Brett Bryant of Hertford County, N.C.

   Mr. Bryant was a native of Hertford County, and had lived in Franklin 
for the past 35 years.  At the time of his retirement two years ago he was 
superintendent of the Franklin district for the Home Beneficial Assn. of 
Richmond.

   He was a member of High Street Methodist Church, and a member and 
treasurer of Masonic Lodge 151, where he had served as past master for two 
terms.  He was also a member and past patron of Eastern Star Chapter 128.

   Surviving, besides his wife, are son, Marvin Lee Bryant of Hampton; two 
grandchildren; two brothers, John E. Bryant of Courtland and O.P. Bryant of 
Hampton and four sisters, Mrs. J.V. Simmons and Mrs. S.R. Simmons, both of 
Newsoms, Mrs. Mary B. Railey of Como, N.C. and Mrs. L.E. Zehrbach of Hampton.

   A funeral service will be held at W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Chapel 
Tuesday at 3 p.m. by the Rev. G.C. Bentley, pastor of High Street Methodist 
Church.  Burial with Masonic rites will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Pallbearers will be Alfred Williams, W.R Atkinson, Harry Jones, Ben 
Skinner, Sam Mitchell, Simpson Porter, Robert J. Long and William Bryant.


Ernest Marvin BRYANT, retired businessman, 
Hertford Co., NC native, d. 31 Jul 1960, at home, Franklin, age 67, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 56*), Franklin, 
   2 Aug 1960, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 1, 1960, p. 5 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 


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