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

DATE: Friday, January 24, 1997              TAG: 9701240503
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                        LENGTH:   20 lines

ETHELBERT L. BRYANT

Ethelbert Lucius ``Moe'' Bryant, 71, of the 400 block of Cornwall Road died Jan. 22, 1997, in an Edenton, N.C., hospital.

He was predeceased by his wife, Catherine H. Bryant, and was a switchboard installer for AT&T and a retired scalemaster for J.C. Holland. He was a member of Telephone Pioneers of America - Old Dominion Chapter No. 43 and a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.

Survivors include two daughters, Cathy Brickhouse of Columbia, N.C., and Annie Richards of Panama City, Fla.; two sons, John Bryant and Brooks Bryant, both of Portsmouth; and 10 grandchildren.

A graveside service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends in Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY


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