Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bryant, Mollie L. Sumner, 1941 

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MOLLIE LOUISE BRYANT

   Mrs. Mollie Louise Bryant, 76*, lifelong resident of the Franklin 
community, died Wednesday morning at her home near Franklin after an illness 
of 10 days.

   Mrs. Bryant was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J.D.* Sumner of 
Southampton County, and widow of John Henry Bryant, also of this county.

   Surviving her are a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth W. Gray and a son John L. 
Bryant, both of Franklin; twenty-six grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren 
and a number of nieces and nephews.

   Services were held yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock at Nottoway Chapel, 
conducted by the Rev. W.W. Beasley of Courtland.  Burial took place in the 
cemetery of the church with the following pallbearers: Thomas Bryant, Walter 
Bryant, Robert Stephenson, Harry Lowe, Robert Gray, John Bryant, Hylton Gray 
and Walter Gray.


[Mary "Mollie" Louise (SUMNER; John H.) BRYANT, lifelong resident of Franklin, 
 d. 29 Jan 1941, at home, near Franklin, age ca. 85*, 
 interred in Nottoway Chapel Cemetery**, 30 Jan 1941, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 31, 1941] 

[*given age 76 does not compute- likely age 85, b. ca. 1856; 
  she certainly wasn't married at age 11; 
  given father's name also disagrees with marriage record: 
 John H. Bryant, 24, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
    sn/o Geo: & Nancy Bryant, Farmer; 
 Mary L. Sumner, 20, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
    sn/o Mills & Nancy Sumner; 
 license 18 Jan 1876, signed by Lemuel Beale for John H. Bryant; 
 m. 19 Jan 1876, by B. Devany, at his residence. 
 (Southampton Co., Marriage Book 2 {1872-76}, p. 503).
 
 Only 1 child, Martha, b. 21 Jun 1854, is given to Mills D. & Nancy J. SUMNER, 
 in the Southampton Co. Birth Register (p. 5).] 

[**located on Story Station Rd. (Rt. 650), between Flaggy Run Rd. (Rt. 611) 
  and Bethel Rd. (Rt. 643). 
 Southampton County Historical Society, Cemetery Project, 
    Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-57): 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt] 

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