Tommy Bryant

Tommy J. Bryant Tommy J. Bryant, 84, of Streetman was welcomed home by the angels of God on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006, after suffering a stroke on Sept. 23. He died in Corsicana. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Griffin-Roughton Chapel with the Rev. Wayne Mahoney officiating. Interment will follow at Birdston Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers will be A.K. ?Kent? McGilvary, Harris Wilson Milner, W.L. ?Lloyd? Robinson, Johnny Robinson, Larry Allen, J. Bruce Salter, Hulen Howell, James Pringle, F.A. Coleman, J.R. Wagner, Wylie Garrett, David North, Billy Datson and Billy Emerson. Mr. Bryant was born Jan. 17, 1922, in Streetman to Ernest C. Bryant and Nora Lee Evarts. He graduated from Streetman High School in 1941 and enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve in May 1942 as an aviation cadet. Upon his discharge from the Naval Reserve, Tommy joined the U.S. Army in January 1943 as an AP armorer gunner being assigned as a crew member of a B-17 Bomber. Tommy flew 30 air offensive missions in Europe including Normandy and Northern France. He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, the DFC and ETD Ribbon with three Battle Stars and obtained the grade of sergeant. He was discharged on Oct. 4, 1945, and returned to Streetman and married the love of his life, Mary Frances Thompson, on March 16, 1946. They moved to Fort Worth where he worked for the U.S. Postal Service until retirement. Tommy obtained his real estate license and moved to the Cedar Creek Lake area where he was a broker for several years. Then, he became a buyer for the Tarrant County Water District, again retiring effective 1995. Tommy and Frances returned to Streetman. Tommy became mayor of Streetman and founded Streetman?s annual July 4 parade. Tommy?s gifts to all who met him were his laughter, light heartedness, honesty and loyalty. Survivors include his wife, Mary Frances Bryant; nieces, Melanie Bryant Elmore and Jean Cole Rainoshek; nephew, Ernest C. Bryant III; and their families. He is also survived by Mary Frances? three brothers, John Thompson, Eldon Thompson and Billy Thompson, and their families.

Tommy Bryant

October 3, 2006