Laurance Wesley BRYAN

1910 -

• Name	Laurance Wesley BRYAN  [2, 3]
  	OBITUARY OF WESLEY BRYAN Funeral Services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Thursday, January 31, for Wesley BRYAN, 69, who died in High Plains Hospital in Amarillo Monday, January 28, after an illness of several weeks. The Funeral Services will be in the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Jack Riley, officiating. Wesley BRYAN was lifelong resident of the Perryton area, being born near what is now Bryan's Corner, Oklahoma to the late Mr. and Mrs. W. C. BRYAN. He owned and operated a grocery store and service station there from around 1936 until the 1940's when he moved to Perryton to establish the Bryan Oil Company and Bryan Tire Company. He also engaged in farming. He was active in the Chamber of Commerce and served as a member of the Perryton school board and the Perryton city council. He moved back to Bryan's Corner several years ago and then moved with his wife, Nellie, to Amarillo last fall to be near his son and family, Dr. and Mrs. Gary BRYAN. He is survived by his wife, Nellie; his son, Dr. Gary BRYAN; a brother, Louis BRYAN of Perryton; three sisters, Mrs. Lucille SHORB of Lenexa, Kansas, Mrs. Hazel WRIGHT of Guymon, Mrs. Evelyn HINDS of Geneva, Nebraska; and two grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be make to the Don and Sybil Harrington Cancer Center, 501 West 9th, Amarillo, Texas. Burial is to be made in Ochiltree cemetery under the direction of Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home. (Published in The Perryton Herald (TX), Thursday, January 31, 1980.) ? [1]
  Birth	30 Jul 1910	Beaver Co.,Oklahoma   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1920	Living with parents in Balko, Beaver Co., Oklahoma   [2]
  Census	1930	Living with parents in Prec. 2, Ochiltree Co., Texas   [4]
  Census	1940	Living in Perryton, Ochiltree Co., Texasx   [5]
  Census	1950	Living in Perryton, Ochiltree Co., Texasx   [6]
  Person ID	I2422	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   [7]
  Family ID	F1293	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nellie Mae EADS,   b. 16 Mar 1910   d. 12 Feb 1997, Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	31 Jul 1930	Alva, Woods Co., Oklahoma   [7]
  Children	1. Gary William BRYAN
  Family ID	F1296	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S02329] Find A Grave Website. [S556] 1920 Census Balko, Beaver County, Oklahoma. [S10077] Ancestry.com: U.S. World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947. [S557] 1930 Census Precinct 2, Ochiltree County, Texas. [S558] 1940 Census Perryton, Ochiltree County, Texas. [S559] 1950 Census Perryton, Ochiltree County, Texas. [S287] Ancestry.com: Oklahoma, U.S., County Marriage Records 1890-1995.