Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bryant, Gladys R., 1932 

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Gladys Bryant Dies At Courtland Home 

  Miss Gladys Bryant, aged 14, daughter of G.L. and Mrs. Elsie Rowe Bryant 
of Courtland died at her home November 7 after several months illness.  The 
funeral services were conducted from her home November 8 and she was buried 
in the family plot by the side of her father. 

  Miss Bryant had been under a doctor's care for several months and until 
about two weeks ago her illness was not considered serious.  She was moved 
to Petersburg hospital and later to Memorial hospital in Richmond and returned 
to her home November 2. 

  Miss Bryant is survived by her mother; one brother, G.L. Bryant, Jr.; three 
sisters, Eugenia, Eleanor and Alice Lee Bryant.  She was the niece of Mrs. 
Bettie Whitehead, Mrs. Riddick Wells, C.H. and J. Tom Rowe, of Sebrell, Mrs. 
A.B. Cobb and M.R. Bryant of Courtland, Mrs. G.C. Kirkland of Storys, J.N. 
Rowe, of Petersburg and J.W. Bryant of Suffolk. 

  Miss Bryant was in her Sophomore year at the Courtland High School. 

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GLADYS ROWE BRYANT 

   Gladys Rowe Bryant, 14-year old daughter of Mrs. Elsie Rowe Bryant and 
the late G.L. Bryant, died at her home near Courtland Monday, November 7, 
after a brief illness. 

   Her lovable character and amiable disposition won for her many friends, 
both young and old, who sorrow with the members of her family in their grief. 
She is survived by her mother, Mrs. G.L. Bryant, one brother, Leroy Bryant; 
three sisters, Eleanor Bryant and Alice Lee Bryant of Courtland and Miss 
Eugenia Bryant of Richmond, besides a number of uncles and aunts. 

   Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock by her 
Pastor, Rev. H.F. Turner of the Courtland M.E. Church, assisted by Rev. 
Gordon L. Price of the Baptist Church. 

   Interment was made in the family burying ground.  Active pallbearers were: 
Hugh Williams, Oscar Branch, Holt Brantley, Wesley Bryant, Joe Jordan, Elton 
Whitehead, W.L. Whitehead and Gillette Bryant.  Her schoolmates attended in 
a body and acted as flower bearers covering the mound with many beautiful 
flowers. 


Gladys Rowe BRYANT, daughter of George Linwood & M. Elsie (ROWE) BRYANT, 
b. 14 Apr 1918, Southampton Co., d. 7 Nov 1932, at home, near Courtland, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 59*), Courtland, 8 Nov 1932, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 10, No. 199, Thurs., Nov. 10, 1932, p. 1; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 28, No. 5, Fri., Nov. 11, 1932, p. 5 

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

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," May 20, 1954), 
   with her marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b653e4ob.txt 

D.Cert. 25545 (Jerusalem #20) does not state the cause of death, but gives, 
   "was taken to the Petersburg Hospital Oct. 28 & From there to Memorial 
   Hospital Oct. 30th.  Refer you to these Institutions for the Cause of her 
   Death." 


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