Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bryant, M. Ruth Hufton, 1971 

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MRS. RUTH H. BRYANT 

  FRANKLIN -- Mrs. Ruth Hufton Bryant, 69, of Route 3, died in Southampton 
Memorial Hospital Sunday at 6:30 p.m. 

  A native of North Carolina, she lived in this area 40 years.  She was the 
wife of Roy Marvin Bryant and a daughter of George Hufton and Mrs. Missouri 
Biggs Hufton. 

  She was a member of Franklin Baptist Church. 

  Besides her husband, surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Maxine Davie of 
Chesapeake; four sons, L.A. Bryant of Norfolk, Garland Bryant of Courtland, 
and Truman Bryant of Franklin and Clayton Bryant of Guam; a brother, Woodrow 
Hufton of Chesapeake; three sisters, Mrs. Mahala McCoy and Miss Debbie Hufton 
of Chesapeake, and Mrs. Lydia Epps of Roanoke Rapids, N.C. 

  The body was taken to W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home. 

  The family will be with a son, Truman Bryant of 417 Crescent Drive, 
Franklin. 

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MARJORIE RUTH HUFTON BRYANT

   A funeral service for Mrs. Ruth Hufton Bryant, 69, of Rt. 3, Franklin, was 
held Tuesday at 1 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home by Dr. Ira 
Hudgins.

   Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Bill Ellis, Rudolph Newsoms, James Rogers, Spencer Smith, 
Sam Powell, Joe Stewart, S.A. Carr and Cecil Porter.

   A native of North Carolina, she lived in this area 40 years.

   She was the wife of Roy Marvin Bryant and a daughter of George and Mrs. 
Missouri Biggs Hufton.

   She was a member of Franklin Baptist Church.

   Besides her husand, surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Maxine Davie of 
Chesapeake; four sons, L.A. Bryant of Norfolk, Garland Bryant of Courtland, 
Clayton Bryant of Guam and Truman Bryant of Franklin; a brother, Woodrow 
Hufton of Chesapeake; three sisters, Mrs. Mahala McCoy and Miss Debbie Hufton 
of Chesapeake and Mrs. Lydia Epps of Roanoke Rapids, N.C.


Marjorie Ruth (HUFTON; Mrs. M. Roy) BRYANT, of the Franklin area, 
b. 9 Feb 1902, NC, d. 29 Aug 1971, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section B, Plot 72*), Franklin, 
   31 Aug 1971, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 49, No. 207, Mon., Aug. 30, 1971, p. 8; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Thurs., Sep. 2, 1971, p. 7 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Natalie Padgett - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #114082889. 

D.Cert. 71-022886 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 8, 1983, p. 6A) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b653m13o.txt 

Her parents are buried in Piney Grove Church Cemetery, Washington Co., NC. 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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