Palestine High School Alumni Association

05 / 30 / 1929  –  06 / 30 / 2002

Services for Buddy Bryan, 73, of Tennessee Colony, will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Tennessee Colony Union Church with the Rev. Ken Dotson officiating.  Burial will follow in the Tennessee Colony Cemetery under the direction of Bailey & Foster Funeral Home.

Mr. Bryan died June 30, 2002 at Palestine Regional Medical Center.  He was born May 30, 1919 in Palestine to Reese and Maudie McKinzie Bryan.

Mr. Bryan was a farmer and rancher in Centerville for 30 years and worked as the production superintendent for Mossbacher Oil near Madisonville for 15 years.  He was a veteran of the U.S. Army during the Korean War, 1949 – 1951.  He was a 32nd Degree Mason.  He was preceded in death by son, Billy Tim Bryan in 1953.

Mr. Bryan is survived by his wife of 50 years, Shirley A Bryan of Tennessee Colony; son, Bruce Bryan of Georgetown; sister Joan Link of Tennessee Colony; brothers, James V. Bryan of Cedar Hill; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Mike Link, Darwin Link, Oscar Warren, Sam Wayne Leathers, Johnie Gunn, J.M. Boyd and Wayne McInnis.  Honorary pallbearers will be Clayton Roane, Haskell Mitchell and James F. Ray.