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Obituary for Bryant


Published in the Albuquerque Journal on Thursday November 04, 1999

Charles William"Bill" Bryant, 66, of Elk City, Kansas, died Sunday at 3:16 p.m. in the emergency room at Mercy Hospital. Services will be Thursday, 2:00 p.m., at the Webb & Rodrick Funeral Home with the Rev. Gary Brooks, Pastor of the First United Methodist Church, and the Rev. Matthew Wint of Wichita, officiating. Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery at Elk City with Military Rites by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Memorials are suggested to the Elk City Methodist Church. Mr. Bryant was born October 6, 1933, in Independence, Kansas to Basil and Estella (Volz) Bryant. He attended Elk City schools, Independence Community College, and Wichita State University, where he studied mechanical engineering. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Mr. Bryant had worked as a computer analyst in Topeka, KS, Atlanta, GA, and Portales, NM, retiring at the Gas Company of New Mexico in Albuquerque in 1995. Since retirement he had divided his time between Elk City and Kingwood, Texas. On November 23, 1995, in Independence, he married Georgia Hawthorne and she survives. Mr. Bryant was a member of the Elk City Methodist Church and attended the First United Methodist Church in Independence. Other survivors include a son, David C. Bryant of Kingwood, TX; and a daughter, Connie Bryant of Austin, TX.