Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bryant, James T., 1945 

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JAMES THOMAS BRYANT

J.T. BRYANT DIES AT HIS HOME IN SUNBEAM

   James Thomas Bryant, 79, prominent Southampton farmer, died Friday night, 
September 14, at his home at Sunbeam, after several years of illness.

   He was the son of the late Benjamin James and Mrs. Mary Anne Jones Bryant of 
Southampton County, and was the oldest member of Mt. Horeb Methodist Church, 
where he had served as steward for half a century and was Supt. of the church 
school to the last.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bernice Foushee Bryant, and one sister, 
Mrs. J.H. Flippin of Covington, Tenn.; four nephews, John and Lloyd Bryant of 
Sunbeam, Benjamin Robert and Earl W. Bryant of Boykins; six nieces, Mrs. S.S. 
Bishop of Sunbeam, Mrs. A.B. Hart and Miss Blanche Bryant of Boykins, Mrs. 
H.E. Boyd of Louisville, Ky., Mrs. J.D. Thornton of Huntsville, Ala., and Miss 
Stella Bryant of Memphis, Tenn.

   These are the children of his three brothers, Davis, Samuel and Ben Robert 
Bryant, who died many years ago, so these nephews and nieces really looked 
upon him as a second father.  Seventeen great nephews and nieces and a large 
family connection in Virginia and North Carolina.

   He had spent all his life except a few years at school in Blacksburg and 
two years in connection with the Norfolk and Western Ry. in Roanoke.  He had 
spent all his life in the old house at home where his forefathers dwelt, near 
Sunbeam.

   His many relatives and friends will miss his familiar figure throughout the 
county.

   Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon from Mt. Horeb Church by 
his pastor, Rev. J.W. Morrison, assisted by Rev. L.J. Derby of Ferrum, Va. 
The hymns, "Lead Kindly Light" and "Rock of Ages" were sung by a quartet, Mrs. 
J.W. Morrison, Mrs. H.A. Barrett, H. McD. Spiers and R.B. Bryant, pianist, 
Mrs. C.A.  Worrell.

   "Now the Laborer’s Task is Done" was read at the graveside in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery, Franklin.

   The casket was covered with a pall of pink and white carnations and asters 
with fern.  There were many other floral pieces and the largest crowd that 
ever gathered for any service at Mt. Horeb.  The pallbearers were: R.B. Story, 
J.C. Story, Franklin Bryant, Roswell Hart, Linwood Drake, Foushee Railey, 
Richard Railey and Bob Hart of Virginia Beach.

   Those who came from a distance for the funeral were Rev. and Mrs. L.J. 
Derby of Ferrum, Rev. and Mrs. T.W. Ogden of Warsaw, Mrs. Lucy Ashburn of 
Hampton, Mrs. W.E. Bryant, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Church of Newport News, Mrs. 
E.N. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. John Crumpler, E.L. Fiers, Otis Vick and Sam 
Whitehead of Norfolk, Mr. and Mrs. Willis Morrisette, Elizabeth City, N.C., 
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hart, Virginia Beach, Franklin Bryant, Miss Mary Virginia 
Daughtrey, Richmond, Mr. Frank Pope and daughter, Keith, of Suffolk.

   He greatly influenced and assisted Luther and Edward Derby to become 
ministerial students, both of whom are now members of the Virginia Methodist 
Conference.


James Thomas BRYANT, farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 14 Sep 1945, at home, Sunbeam, age 79, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 75*), Franklin, 
   16 Sep 1945, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 21, 1945, p. 1 

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


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