Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bryant, Johnnie S. Jr., 1973 

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JOHNNIE STERLING BRYANT, JR.

   NEWSOMS - A funeral service for Johnnie Sterling Bryant, Jr., 68 of Newsoms 
was held Sunday at 3 p.m. in Mt. Horeb United Methodist Church by the Rev. 
Harry Bunch.

   Burial was in Newsoms Cemetery, with W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home, 
Franklin in charge.

   Pallbearers were Fred Worrell, Ben Bryant, John Bryant Jr., J.L. Porter, 
Jr., Walter Johnson, Preston Ferguson and Kirby Bryant.

   Bryant died Friday night in Southampton Memorial Hospital after a short 
illness.

   A native of Southampton County, he was a son of Johnnie S. Bryant Sr. and 
Mrs. Sallie Edwards Bryant and the husband of Mrs. Kathleen Lassiter Bryant.

   He was a member of Mt. Horeb United Methodist Church and was a retired 
farmer.

   Besides his wife, surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Elsie B. Harrell of 
Suffolk and Mrs. Virginia Beale of Boykins; four brothers, Willie R. Bryant of 
Portsmouth and Leslie P. Bryant, Raymond D. Bryant and James T. Bryant all of 
Newsoms; three stepdaughters, Mrs. Martha Lakes, Connersville, Ind., Mrs. 
Sylvia Edwards, Franklin, Miss Veronica Lassiter, Newsoms; and four stepsons, 
Charles E. Lassiter, Newsoms, Billy S. Lassiter, Franklin, Bobby L. Lassiter, 
Connersville, Ind. and Edwin J. Lassiter, Newsoms.


Johnnie Sterling BRYANT, Jr., retired farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 27 Apr 1973, Franklin, age 68, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 29 Apr 1973, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 3, 1973, B-8 

*His parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-10): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," June 12, 1936, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b653j16o.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 1, 1952, p. 7) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p636s1ob.txt 


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