Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bryant, Willie M. Brett, 1944 

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WILLIE MAGDALENE BRYANT

   Died at five o’clock Friday afternoon, July 28 in the home of her daughter, 
Mrs. S. Ray Simmons of the Statesville community, Mrs. Willie Magdalene 
Bryant, aged 78 years, after an illness of two weeks.

   Mrs. Bryant was the widow of the late William Edward Bryant of Como, N.C. 
and the daughter of the late William D. and Amanda Whitley Brett of Hertford 
County.  She was a member of the New Hope Methodist Church, in which she had 
served faithfully until failing health limited her activities.

   The deceased is survived by three sons, O.P. Bryant of Hampton and J.E. and 
E.M. Bryant of Franklin; four daughters, Mrs. J.V. Simmons and Mrs. S. Ray 
Simmons of Statesville, Mrs. Mary B. Railey of Como, N.C., and Mrs. L.E. 
Zehrbach of Hampton; two sisters, Mrs. L.W. Brett of Suffolk and Mrs. E.J. 
Railey of Como; a half-sister, Mrs. J.D. Carter of Franklin; one brother, 
Douglas Brett of Petersburg; and a half-brother, L.W. Brett of Norfolk; also 
by eight grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and a number of nieces and 
nephews.

   Funeral services for Mrs. Bryant were held Sunday afternoon at four o’clock 
from the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. Ray Simmons, with a former pastor, Rev. 
F.L. Baker of the Oxford Methodist Church, Suffolk, officiating, assisted by 
Dr. Orman Bryant of Winchester and Guy Picot of Como, a lifelong friend of the 
family.  Special music was rendered by a quartet composted of Mrs. L.G. 
Tinnell, Mrs. W.S. McGraw, Donald Spiers, and Rosser Bryant, with a solo by 
Mrs. Tinnell.  Interment was in Poplar Spring Cemetery at Franklin.


Willa "Willie" Magdalene (BRETT; Mrs. William E.) BRYANT, 
Hertford Co., NC native?, 
d. 28 Jul 1944, at daughter's home, Statesville, age 78, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 56*), Franklin, 
   30 Jul 1944, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 4, 1944 

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

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 25, 1930, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b653w3ob.txt 


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