Joe P Bryant
 
Published The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) - Friday, August 4, 1989
Deceased Name: BRYANT, JOE P.
Died 1:10 a.m. Monday, July 31, 1989, at Lane Memorial Hospital, Zachary. He was 85, a native of Clinton and resident of Greensburg. He was a retired school bus driver. Visiting at Fraternal Funeral Home, Clinton, 5 to 9 p.m. Friday. Religious services at Matthews Chapel AME Church, Greensburg, 1 p.m. Saturday, conducted by the Rev. Marshall Holliday. Burial in Clinton Cemetery. Survived by three daughters, Zenovia B. Matthews and Arizola Spears, both of Greensburg, and Mable Lee, New Orleans;five sons, James C. and Sterling Bryant, both of New Orleans, Wilbert Bryant, Baton Rouge, Booker T. McKnight, Greensburg, and Joe Brown, Gary, Ind.; two sisters, Emma J. Bryant and Lizzie Hayes, both of Baton Rouge; a friend, Annie M. Tillery, Greensburg; three sisters-in-law; a brother-in-law; 28 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Preceded in death by parents, Joe B. and Charity A. Bryant; wife, Pearline Bryant; two sons; a brother; and a sister. He was a member of Matthews Chapel AME Church, Eagle Masonic Lodge No. 212 and Rocky Hill Benevolent Association. Fraternal Funeral Home, Clinton, in charge of arrangements.