WILLIAM C. BRYANT JR.

EAST PRAIRIE -- William C. Bryant Jr., 81, East Prairie Route 2, died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Jan. 17, 1912, in East Prairie, son of William C. and Mona Howard Bryant Sr. He and Myrtle "Lucy" Wright were married Sept. 22, 1934.

Bryant was a farmer, and member of First Christian Church here. He was the oldest living member of First Security State Bank Board of Directors, former member of Mississippi County Court, and St. John's Levee and Drainage District Board in Mississippi County.

Survivors include his wife; three sons, Jonjo and Mike Bryant of East Prairie, Fred Bryant of Edmond, Okla.; a half sister, Leola Hopgood of East Prairie; 10 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a son, two brothers and a sister.

Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Shelby Funeral Chapel. Pastor Dave Bowden will officiate, with burial in IOOF Cemetery near Charleston.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. today.