NEWSOMS — Raymond Davis Bryan Sr., 90, passed away on Feb. 15, 2017, in the East Pavilion.

A native of Southampton County, Mr. Bryant was a son of the late John Sterling Bryant and Sallie Edwards Bryant. He was also predeceased by his wife, Hazel Revelle Stephenson Bryant; his first wife, Eunice Odell Ferguson Bryant; an infant daughter; four sisters, Ruby Lee Duncan, Pearl Smith, Elsie Mae Harrell and Virginia Beale; and four brothers, Sterling Jr., Willie Reeves, James T. and Leslie P. Bryant.
Mr. Bryant was a lifelong Southampton County farmer, a Navy veteran of WWII and was a member of Newsoms Ruritan Club.
He had been a member of Mt. Horeb UMC and High Street UMC.
Left to cherish his memory are his three children, R. Davis “Bubba” Bryant Jr. and his wife, Andrea “Diddle;” Dennis T. “Buckwheat” Bryant and Cynthia Bryant Cobb, all of Newsoms; six grandchildren, Brandi Francis (Lee), Angie Pelley (Sam), Krystal Bryant, Katelyn, Brittany and Cole Cobb; two great-grandchildren, Ben and Jake Francis; Hazel’s daughters, Jane Armistead and Nancy Reedy and their families; and four special caregivers, Vera Jones, Shelby Ward, Lois Granger and Earline Walker.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 19, inWright Funeral Home, Franklin, with the Rev. Ian Hackmann, the Rev. Kenneth Williams and the Rev. Nathan Decker officiating. The burial will follow at Hollywood Cemetery, Newsoms.
The family will receive friends following the service at the Newsoms UMC Fellowship Hall, and suggests that memorial donations be made to your favorite charity, church or organization.
www.wrightfuneralhome.org.