The Virginian-Pilot
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              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, January 2, 1997             TAG: 9701020021
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: IVOR                              LENGTH:   24 lines

ELLIOTT R. BRYANT JR.

Elliott R. ``Bud'' Bryant Jr., 82, of Bell Ave., died Dec. 31, 1996, at Louise Obici Memorial Hospital, Suffolk.

A lifelong resident of Ivor, he was the son of the late Elliott R. and Emma Christine Crumpler Bryant. He was a retired employee of the Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation with 31 years' service and he was a member of the Ivor United Methodist Church and Woodman of the World. He was a former employee of the Civilian Conservation Corps.

He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth ``Judy'' Thompson Bryant; a son, Preston O. Ferrell of Glen Burnie, Md.; a brother, Franklin N. Bryant of Hampton; a grandchild; and several nieces and nephews. He was brother of the late Dorothy Strader and Margaret Daughtrey.

A funeral will be held on Friday at 2 p.m. in Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, by the Rev. C. Randolph Duncan. Burial will be in Ivor Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to Ivor United Methodist Church or the Ivor Volunteer Rescue Squad.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY


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