James H. Bryant

Notes:

His Tennessee Death Certificate shows that he was a Farmer and Land owner, and was a son of Giles H. Bryant and Mattie Cox. Informant was Billy Bryant.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Tennessee, Carroll County, Civil District 20
Enumerated 17 Apr 1930
ED 9-25 SD 2 Sheet 8B
142-150
Bryant, James H Head O M W 56 M 45 Tenn Tenn Tenn Merchant Gen Merch
Bryant, Emma E Wf F W40 M 28 Tenn Tenn Tenn
Bryant, Mary E Dtr F W 9 S Tenn Tenn Tenn
Bryant, Billie O Son M W 7 S Tenn Tenn Tenn

James married Emma Elizabeth McLemore on 31 Mar 1918 in Carroll County, Tennessee. Emma (daughter of Jesse James McLemore and Ellen Damerius Atkison) was born on 8 Jan 1890 in Lavinia, Carroll County, Tennessee; died on 14 Jul 1966 in McKenzie, Carroll County, Tennessee; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Milan, Gibson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary, copied from her FindAGrave memorial page, created by Wanda K. Lee and Maintained by K. Todd Sherer:

Mrs. Mary Ellen Bryant Fortner, age 92 of Huntingdon, TN, passed away Wednesday, August 7, 2013 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital.

Funeral services will be conducted on Sunday, August 11, 2013 at 2 p.m., in the Chapel of Chase Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Clark Cemetery. Rev. L. H. Hardwick, Jr. and Bro. Donald Ricketts, Jr. will officiate the service.

Pallbearers who will serve are Kelly Fortner, Matthew Stano, Joseph Fortner, Larry Goff, Jimmy McGee and John Drinkard.

Mrs. Fortner was born December 10, 1920 in Whitthorne, TN to the late James H. and Emma McLemore Bryant. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Pentecostal Church Huntingdon. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 71 years, Rev. James Logan Fortner I; a brother, Billy O'Neil Bryant and a grandson, Louis John Stano III.

She is survived by one daughter, Mary Bryant Fortner Stano (husband, Louis) of Brentwood; two sons, Dr. James Logan Fortner II (wife, Gloria) of Nashville and Joseph O'Neil Fortner (wife, Lisa) of McKenzie. She also leaves nine grandchildren, Kelly Fortner (wife, Peggy), Logan Fortner III (wife, Judith), John Stano III, Jessica Fortner, Caroline Fortner, Rebecca Fortner Beverstein (husband, Joe), Katherine Stano, Joseph Fortner (wife, Emily) and Matthew Stano; and five great-grandchildren, Kirsten Fortner, Emma Arnold, Reagan Fortner, Ellison Fortner and Griffin Fortner.

Chase Funeral Home, (731) 986-0500.

Published in The Jackson Sun on August 10, 2013

Mary married Rev. James Logan Fortner, I on 1 Oct 1939 in Obion County, Tennessee. James was born on 17 Feb 1916 in Cedar Grove, Carroll County, Tennessee; died on 13 Nov 2010 in Huntingdon, Carroll County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

K. Todd Sherer, on the FIndAGrave memorial page he created by Billy, worte that :" On 26 Jan 1943, Billy enlisted in the U.S. Army in Fort Oglethrope, Georgia. He served and fought during WWII and would muster out and return to Carroll Co., TN.

On 26 Dec 1955, he married the lovely Mary Nell Ingram at First CP Church in McKenzie, TN.

For my cousin Billy - rest peacefully..."

Billy married Mary Nell Ingram on 26 Dec 1955 in McKenzie, Carroll County, Tennessee. Mary was born on 11 Jan 1934 in Greggton, Gregg County, Texas; died on 6 Feb 1996 in McKenzie, Carroll County, Tennessee; was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, McKenzie, Carroll County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]