Joshua Bryant (-1936)

BRYANT, JACKSON, WAMPLER

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 3/30/2009 at 21:20:39

AMES DAILY TRIBUNE AND TIMES, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Wednesday, June 3, 1936.

Joshua Bryant of Nevada Succumbs

NEVADA - Funeral services for Joshua Bryant, 86, for 80 years a resident of Story county, were held Tuesday afternoon from the Church of Christ here. Burial was in the Murpher cemetery northeast of Nevada.

Mr. Bryant died Sunday evening at his home. He had been in poor health for several years.

He is survived by three children, Mrs. May Jackson of Belle Plaine, Mrs. Melva Wampler of Colo and Byron Bryant of Nevada, with whom he had made his home for the past 10 years. He is also survived by eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

[Note: "Murpher" cemetery really "Murphey" cemetery.]