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ANNIE BURBAGE BRYANT
Mrs. Annie Burbage Bryant, wife of Lycurgus O. Bryant of this county, died at the home of Mrs. Rosser B. Bryant Sunday, February 18, in her 75th year.
She was a native of Franklin, the daughter of the late Captain Burbage of this town, and a sister of the late Dr. T.I. Burbage of Como. Mrs. Bryant was one of the charter member of High Street M.E. Church here, he father being one of its founders and donors of the land upon which the original church and parsonage were built. After her marriage she joined New Hope M.E. Church where she was a loyal and consistent member and teacher of the Woman's Bible Class.
Besides her husband she is survived by one son, F.B. Bryant of Washington, and a grandson, F.B. Bryant, Jr. besides a number of nephews and nieces and a larger circle of friends.
Funeral services were held from the funeral home of W.J.M. Holland and Son here Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and burial was made in Poplar Spring Cemetery. Services were conducted by her Pastor, Rev. J.K. Holman, assisted by Reverends Roscoe Jones of High Street M.E. Church, L.J. Derby of Richmond and M.F. Draper of Culpeper. The pallbearers were: S.E. Brett, M. McD.
Spiers, J.D. Riddick, J.B. Worrell, H.J. Vann, N.P. Holland, E.F. Drake and J.T. Bryant.
On February 18, 1934, in the early dawn, the life of Mrs. Annie Burbage Bryant came to a close on the earth, and she passed into the eternal realms to live forever with her Savior.
Mrs. Bryant ("Miss Annie" as she was affectionately called by those who knew her best) was born in Franklin, Va., March 25, 1853, the daughter of the late Capt. T.I. and Olivia Halstead Burbage. At an early age she united with the Franklin Methodist Church, being one of the thirteen charter members and its first organist.
On June 25, 1879, she was happily married to L.O. Bryant of Southampton County. This union was blessed with one son, Frank B. Bryant.
At her death she was a member of New Hope Church on the Newsoms charge*, a member of and a diligent work in all its organizations. The Ladies' Bible Class which she taught for several years was very dear and near to her heart.
We cannot think of her without thinking of her radiant spirit, her serene faith and her unfailing devotion to what was right. We rejoice and thank God for a life so beautiful, which leaves behind it a radiance of purity, goodness and peace, such as few leave to those who survive them. As a wife and mother she was loving, devoted and sacrificing.
The writer remembers her most tenderly and feels keenly the loss of a real friend, for it was largely through her help and influence that his ministerial career was made possible. Like Paul of old, he can say, "I am debtor." The words she spoke, the character she built and the influences which she set in motion will live on.
The funeral services were conducted from the Holland Funeral Parlor at Franklin on February 20th, at two o'clock in the afternoon by her Pastor, Rev.
J.K. Holman, assisted by Rev. Roscoe Jones, Luther J. Derby and M.F. Draper.
And she was laid to rest in Poplar Spring Cemetery.
She leaves to mourn their loss, a grief stricken husband, one son, Frank B.
Bryant, one grandson, Frank B. Bryant, Jr., and a host of friends.
"Servant of God, well done"/ Rest from thy loved employ;/
The battle fought, the victor won,/ Enter thy Master's joy." M.F. Draper
Annie (BURBAGE; Mrs. Lycurgus O.) BRYANT,
b. 25 Mar 1853, Franklin, d. 18 Feb 1934, at sister-in-law's,
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 40**), Franklin,
24 Feb 1934,
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 23, 1934, p. 5;
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 16, 1934, p. 5
**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
Poplar Spring list:
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt
The obit of her brother-in-law Rosser B. BRYANT ("Tidewater News,"
Feb. 24, 1933, instead uses the phrase "on the Newsoms circuit."
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