Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bryant, John W., 1948 

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John W. Bryant Succumbs at 64 

  FRANKLIN, March 10. - John Woodard Bryant, 64, well-known resident and 
prominent farmer of Sunbeam community, died Tuesday morning at his home after 
suffering ill health for many months. 

  Mr. Bryant was the husband of Mrs. Eva Foushee Bryant of Handsom, and son 
of the late Nathaniel David and Eva Woodard Bryant of Southampton County.  He 
was a member of the Mt. Horeb Methodist Church and the Holly Camp, Newsoms, 
Woodmen of the World. 

  Besides his wife he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. George R. Prince, of 
Newsoms, and Mrs. W.C. Crockette, of San Diego, Calif.; two sons, John W. 
Bryant Jr., and Benjamin J., both of Handsom; four grandchildren; one brother, 
L.L. Bryant, of Handsom; and one sister, Mrs. S.S. Bishop, also of Handsom. 

  The body was taken to the funeral home of the W.J.M. Holland & Sons and on 
Thursday afternoon will be taken to the Mt. Horeb Church, one hour prior to 
the services, which will be conducted at 3 o'clock by the Rev. J.W. Morrison. 
Interment will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin. 

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JOHN WOODWARD BRYANT

   John Woodward Bryant, 64, prominent farmer of the Sunbeam community, died 
at his home early Tuesday morning, March 9, after an illness of more than two 
years.

   He was the son of the late Nathaniel Davis Bryant and Mrs. Eva Woodward 
Bryant, and is survived by his wife, Eva Foushee Bryant.  Other survivors are 
two sons, John W. Bryant, Jr., and Benjamin James Bryant, both of Handsom; two 
daughters, Mrs. George R. Prince of Newsoms and Mrs. W.C. Crockett of San 
Diego, Calif.; four grandchildren, Bernice Bryant Crockett, Camilla Anne 
Bryant, Bettie Bryant and George R. Prince, Jr.; one sister, Mrs. S.S. Bishop, 
and one brother, L.L. Bryant, both of Handsom; an aunt, Mrs. Bettie Bryant 
Flippen of Covington, Tenn.; and a large family connection throughout this 
section and in New Kent County.

   Mr. Bryant spent his whole life on the same plantation on which he was 
born, and had a host of friends in his community.  Since childhood he had been 
an active member of Mt. Horeb Methodist Church, and for many years had served 
the church on the Board of Stewards and in other capacities.

   Funeral services were conducted from the church at three o’clock Thursday 
afternoon by the pastor, Rev. John W. Morrison, followed by burial in Poplar 
Spring Cemetery, Franklin.  The active pallbearers were J.C. Story, J.D. 
Riddick, Jr., Julian Stephenson, V.K. Daughtrey, Jr., Harry Fowler, J.R. Hart, 
J.S. Bryant, S.E. Porter, and J.R. Railey.

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JOHN W. BRYANT BURIED THURSDAY

   Funeral services for John Woodward Bryant, who died Tuesday, March 9, were 
held from Mt. Horeb Methodist Church on Thursday afternoon at three o’clock by 
his pastor, Rev. J.W. Morrison, assisted by Rev. R.H. Marks of Capron, a 
former pastor.

   The church choir sang "How Firm A Foundation;" and a quartet composed of 
Rev. Mr. Morrison, H. McDonald Spiers, H.A. Barrett and R.B. Bryant, Jr., sang 
"No Night There," accompanied by Mrs. Earl Bryant at the piano.  "In The Sweet 
Bye and Bye" was sung by the quartet at the cemetery.

   The casket was covered with a pall of carnations, roses and ferns.  There 
were many other lovely floral pieces, these and the large crowd of friends and 
relatives present attesting to the esteem in which the deceased was held.

   Active pallbearers were J.C. Story, J.D. Riddick, Jr., V.K. Daughtrey, Jr., 
R.B. Story, Jr., Julian Stephenson, Harry Fowler, J.S. Bryant and Roswell 
Hart.  Honorary pallbearers were friends of the family.  Interment was in 
Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin.


John Woodward BRYANT, farmer, 
b. 10 Apr 1884, Sunbeam, d. 9 Mar 1948, at home (birthplace), Sunbeam, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 75*), Franklin, 
   11 Mar 1948, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 298, Wed., Mar. 10, 1948, p. 7; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Fri., Mar. 12, 1948, p. 16; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Fri., Mar. 19, 1948, p. 14 

*Additional information: 

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

Photos of his gravestone & family plot - added by AGraveStory - 
   are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #147169052. 

His parents have a cenotaph in the same plot, but they were buried in a 
   family cemetery near Sunbeam. 

D.Cert. 7623 (Newsoms #2) 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," June 29, 1934) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b653e2ob.txt 


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