Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bryant, Otelia L. Gay, 1963 

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OTELIA LEE GAY BRYANT

   Mrs. Otelia Gay Bryant, age 83, widow of James Fenton Bryant, Jr., and 
daughter of the late Josiah Powell, and Emma Lee Gay, died in Raiford Memorial 
Hospital early Wednesday morning after an illness for many weeks.

   She was a lifelong member of the Franklin Baptist Church, former teacher of 
the Sunday School, and past president of the Woman’s Missionary Society.  A 
charter member of the Franklin Book, U.D.C., Daughters of the American 
Revolution, and a charter member of the Franklin Garden Club.

   Surviving is one son, Josiah Gay Bryant, of Franklin.

   The body was taken to the W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home, and late 
today will be taken to the home of her son at 508 Clay St.  Funeral services 
will be held from the Franklin Baptist Church Thursday at 2:30 p.m. by her 
pastor the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins and Rev. John S. Steele, pastor of the 
Presbyterian Church.  Burial will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery.  The family 
request that flowers be omitted.


Otelia Lee (GAY; Mrs. James F. Jr.) BRYANT, of Franklin, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 10 Apr 1963, Franklin, age 83, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 10*), Franklin, 
   11 Apr 1963, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 11, 1963, Section I, p. 6 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 26, 1937, p. 1), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b653j9ob.txt 

Her father's obits ("Tidewater News," June 17 & 24, 1921), 
   with their marriage record appended, are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g000j1ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b653o1ob.txt