Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bryant, James F. Jr., 1937 

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JAMES FENTON BRYANT, JR.

J.F. BRYANT, JR., DIES SUDDENLY WEDNESDAY

   J.F. Bryant, Jr., prominent town and county citizen, died at his home in 
West Franklin Wednesday afternoon following a heart attack, the fourth he had 
sustained within less than a week, a severe seizure at the meeting of the 
Board of Supervisors in Courtland Monday causing grave concern among his 
fellow supervisors and county officers present.

   James Fenton Bryant, Jr., was born in Franklin October 13 1878, the son of 
the late Dr. James Fenton Bryant, one of our county’s leading citizens, and of 
Mrs. Gabrielle Barrett Bryant.  Mr. Bryant was educated at Locustdale Academy 
in Orange County, at the Danville Military Institute, where he was Lieutenant 
and Adjutant in the cadet corps, at Randolph-Macon College, and the University 
of Virginia, being a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity at the University.

   Mr. Bryant had operated a successful cotton ginning business here for many 
years and was extensively interested in farming.  He had been a member of the 
Board of Supervisors of this county for 13 years, being appointed to that 
position by Judge Jas. L. McLemore following the death of C.C. Vaughan, Sr., 
in 1924, and succeeding himself for successive terms without opposition.  He 
was vice-chairman of the Board and in his service was alert to the needs of 
his district and county, being especially interested in road construction and 
development.  He was a charter member of the Franklin Rotary Club and of the 
local organization, Jefferson Davis Camp Sons of Confederate Veterans.

   On May 16, 1905, he married Miss Otelia Lee Gay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
J.P. Gay, well-known Franklin citizen, who survives him with one son, Joe Gay 
Bryant.  He is also survived by his step-mother, Mrs. C.C. Vaughan, Sr.; a 
half-sister, Mrs. Margaret Bryant Jones, besides a large and prominent family 
connection and a wide circle of friends throughout the county and State.

   Funeral services will be held from his late residence this (Friday) 
afternoon at 3 o’clock by the Rev. R.D. Stephenson, pastor of the Franklin 
Baptist Church, and burial will be made in the Gay family plot in Poplar 
Spring Cemetery here.  A quartette, W.O. Bogart, J. Edward Moyler, J. Edgar 
Weede and E.K. Brinkley, will sing "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" in the service 
from the home, and "Nearer, My God to Thee" during the committal rites.

   The active pallbearers will be: J.A. Johnson, G.G. McCann, Claude J. 
Edwards, Cecil Vaughan, 3rd, Harvey M. Holland of Suffolk, Harry T. Jones of 
Norfolk, W.T. Pace and Dr. J.C. Rawls.  The honorary bearers will be the 
members of the Board of Supervisors: T.H. Barrett, chairman, L.W. McGrath, 
R.L. Grizzard, Dr. J.M. Bland, L.H. Babb, and J.L. Doughtie, and the following 
county officers: H.B. McLemore, Jr., Franklin Edwards, V.S. Pittman, T.B. 
Bell, Dr. P.P. Causey, Jno. M. Britt, Junius W. Pulley, Chas. W. Davis, F.F. 
Jenkins, G.B. Vick and E.A. Davis.


James Fenton BRYANT, Jr., vice-chairman of the Board of Supervisors, 
businessman & civic leader, 
b. 13 Oct 1878, Franklin, d. 24 Nov 1937, at home, West Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 10*), Franklin, 
   26 Nov 1937, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 26, 1937, p. 1 

*His parents are buried in Section 1, Plot 54. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

His father's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Jan. 16, 1909, p. 2) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b653j19o.txt 

James Fenton Bryant, Jr., 26, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   s/o James Fenton and Lydia Gabrielle Barrett Bryant, Life Insurance Agent 
m. 05-16-1905 Franklin, Va. by Rev. J.L. Lawless 
Otelia Lee Gay, 24, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   d/o Josiah Powell and Emma Willie Lee Gay 
(Southampton Co. MB12:223; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb12pt.txt) 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 11, 1963, Sect. I, p. 6) is posted at:
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b653o1ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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