William Louis BRYAN b. 5 Jun 1905 Dewey Co., Oklahoma d. 1 Feb 1985 Ochiltree Co., Texas: Darlene's Family Genealogy

1905 - 1985 (79 years)

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Name	William Louis BRYAN [2, 3]
Name	OBITUARY OF LOUIS BRYAN Louis BRYAN, aged 79 and early day Perryton grocer, died Friday. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday in the Full Gospel Church. Rev. Harrol Waterbury, pastor, and Rev. Jacob Regier, former pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Ochiltree Cemetery, under the direction of Boxwell Brothers. Mr. BRYAN was born in Leedey, Oklahoma, the son of the late W. C. and Beulah BRYAN. Bryan's Corner, the junction of highways 83 and 3 in the Oklahoma Panhandle, gets its name from them. Graduating from Perryton high school in 1925, Louis BRYAN and his father would open a grocery business a year later in Perryton. The W. C. Bryan and Son and later Bryan's Food Store was operated for more than 40 years at the same location. He was also involved in farming. He was married to Rhoda PHELPS of Gray, Oklahoma, in May 1929. Active in the community, Mr. BRYAN was a past president of the Ochiltree Chamber of Commerce and the Perryton Lions Club. He was secretary of the golf club for 17 years and served on the school tax equalization board for more than two decades. After retiring in 1970, Mr. BRYAN once said the biggest change in his 40 plus years in the grocery business was the move to packaged goods. The BRYANS were first to put in a meat market in Perryton. The store was located where the Sears outlet is now, at First and Main. Mr. BRYAN was a member of the Full Gospel Church. Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Joan PLETCHER of Perryton; three sisters, Loucile SHORB of Kansas City, Kansas, Hazel WRIGHT of Guymon, and Eveline HINDS of Geneva, Nebraska; and two grandchildren, Dianne and David PLETCHER. The family has suggested that memorials to be to one's favorite charity or the Full Gospel Church building fund. (Published in The Perryton Herald (TX), Sunday, February 03, 1985.) ? [1]
Birth	5 Jun 1905	Dewey Co., Oklahoma [2, 3]
Gender	Male
Census	1910	Living with parents in Balko, Beaver Co., Oklahoma [2]
Census	1920	Living with parents in Balko, Beaver Co., Oklahoma [4]
Census	1930	Living in Spearman, Hansford Co., Texas [5]
Census	1950	Living in Perryton, Ochiltree Co., Texasx [6]
Death	1 Feb 1985	Ochiltree Co., Texas [7]
Burial	Ochiltree Cemetery, Perrytown, Ochiltree Co., Texas [1]
Person ID	I2420	Main Tree
Last Modified	26 Feb 2024

Father	William Clyde BRYAN, b. 27 Jan 1882, Waxahachie, Ellis Co., Texas d. 24 Apr 1970, Perryton, Ochiltree Co., Texas (Age 88 years)
Relationship	Birth
Mother	Beulah Elizabeth WILLIAMS, b. 13 Dec 1883, Palo Pinto Co., Texas d. 24 Jul 1956, Perrytown, Ochiltree Co., Texas (Age 72 years)
Relationship	Birth
Marriage	4 Jan 1903	Dewey Co., Oklahoma [8]
Family ID	F1293	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Rhoda PHELPS, b. 5 Jul 1909, Grandvlley, Oklahoma d. 25 Feb 2002 (Age 92 years)

Children

Family ID F1294 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 26 Feb 2024

[S02329] Find A Grave Website.
[S555] 1910 Census Balko, Beaver County, Oklahoma.
[S10077] Ancestry.com: U.S. World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947.
[S556] 1920 Census Balko, Beaver County, Oklahoma.
[S560] 1930 Census Spearman, Hansford County, Texas.
[S559] 1950 Census Perryton, Ochiltree County, Texas.
[S01823] Ancestry.com: Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000.
[S287] Ancestry.com: Oklahoma, U.S., County Marriage Records 1890-1995.