Mrs. Bryan Succumbs in Jonesboro
Mrs. Janie Spurlock Bryan, 70 died Monday in a local hospital after a long ilness.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2:30p.m. in the First Baptist Church with the Rev. C. B. Ellis and the Rev. J. O. McNair officiating. Burial was in the Gayla Traina Memorial Cemetery here under the direction of Southern Funeral Home.
Mrs. Bryan was a member of the First Baptist Church of Jonesboro, past president of Jonesboro Baptist WMU, and association president and district representative of WMU for a number of years. She was a member of Cresent Chapter No. 64 OES and the Cosmos Club. She and her husband were the owners of Southern Funeral Home here. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan moved to Jonesboro from Union Paris in 1943.
Survivors include her husband R. W. Bryan, Sr., of Jonesboro; one son, R. W. Bryan, Jr. of Dallas Texas; three daughters, Mrs. Farrah Holder and Mrs. Lucille Boyd both of Jonesboro and Mrs. Evelyn Price of Winnfield; three sisters, Mrs. Lila Messer of Zachary, and Mrs. Carrie Roy and Mrs. Lennie Grace Robinson, Both of Downsville; three brothers F. J. Spurlock and S. V. Spurlock both of Houston, Texas, and G. R. Spurlock of Golden Meadow; 13 grandchildren and two great grandchildren and an aunt, Mrs. T. A. Miles of Kilgore, Texas.
Pallbearers were Rickey Rockett, Billy Rockett, Chesley Rockett, Jerry Price, Larry Price, Mike Holder and Larry Lowe.
Mrs. Bryan Succumbs in Jonesboro
Mrs. Janie Spurlock Bryan, 70 died Monday in a local hospital after a long ilness.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2:30p.m. in the First Baptist Church with the Rev. C. B. Ellis and the Rev. J. O. McNair officiating. Burial was in the Gayla Traina Memorial Cemetery here under the direction of Southern Funeral Home.
Mrs. Bryan was a member of the First Baptist Church of Jonesboro, past president of Jonesboro Baptist WMU, and association president and district representative of WMU for a number of years. She was a member of Cresent Chapter No. 64 OES and the Cosmos Club. She and her husband were the owners of Southern Funeral Home here. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan moved to Jonesboro from Union Paris in 1943.
Survivors include her husband R. W. Bryan, Sr., of Jonesboro; one son, R. W. Bryan, Jr. of Dallas Texas; three daughters, Mrs. Farrah Holder and Mrs. Lucille Boyd both of Jonesboro and Mrs. Evelyn Price of Winnfield; three sisters, Mrs. Lila Messer of Zachary, and Mrs. Carrie Roy and Mrs. Lennie Grace Robinson, Both of Downsville; three brothers F. J. Spurlock and S. V. Spurlock both of Houston, Texas, and G. R. Spurlock of Golden Meadow; 13 grandchildren and two great grandchildren and an aunt, Mrs. T. A. Miles of Kilgore, Texas.
Pallbearers were Rickey Rockett, Billy Rockett, Chesley Rockett, Jerry Price, Larry Price, Mike Holder and Larry Lowe.
Family Members
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Thomas Ransom Spurlock
1892–1951
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William Howard Spurlock
1893–1898
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Fred Jackson Spurlock
1897–1981
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Mary Alma "Mamie" Spurlock Weems
1899–1950
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Ernest Edwin Spurlock
1901–1909
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Lila Blanche Spurlock Messer
1904–1979
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Guy Robinson Spurlock
1906–1991
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Carrie Viola Spurlock Roye
1909–1994
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Infant son Spurlock
1911–1911
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Linnie Grace Spurlock Roberson
1913–2005
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John Paul Spurlock
1916–1918
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Samuel Victor "Vic" Spurlock
1918–2002