D. Graham McBryde Jr., 80, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Monday, April 14, 2014, at Southside Regional Medical Center.
He was born Oct. 5, 1933, to the late Douglas Graham McBryde Sr. and Eva Julia Taylor McBryde, and was preceded in death by a brother, Buddy McBryde. Graham was a United States Air Force veteran, a member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church and the American Legion. At the age of 16, Graham left home on a bus to attend Mississippi State University, where he earned a degree in petroleum engineering. Graham also worked as a meteorologist in the U.S. Air Force, and as a farmer, math teacher, NASA scientist, and held various jobs in the defense industry as a civil servant and contractor, and recently retired after many years of service as a systems analyst from Fort Belvoir.
Mr. McBryde is survived by his wife of 56 years, Mona Grey McBryde; sons, Lee Douglas McBryde and wife, Michelle, of Mount Airy, Md., Lamar Graham McBryde and wife, Tami, of Palm Bay, Fla., Stephen Hunter McBryde and wife, Beth, of Lancaster, Pa., and Daniel Taylor McBryde and wife, Elizabeth, of Colonial Heights; 14 grandchildren, Evan, Ethan, Parker, Connor, Amelia, Hunter, Shelby, Kelsey, Taylor, Matthew, Amanda, Shannon, Joshua and Cassie; a brother, Ray McBryde and wife, Donna, of Trinity, Texas; a sister, Sylvia Passmore and husband, Bill, of Marble Falls, Texas; numerous nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 18, 2014, at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, 3110 Greenwood Ave., Colonial Heights, VA 23834, with the Rev. Dr. Andy Brockelman officiating. Interment will follow in Southlawn Memorial Park, Prince George. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 17, 2014, at the Colonial Heights Chapel of the E. Alvin Small Funeral Homes and Crematory, 2033 Boulevard. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Lottie Moon Missions Fund. Condolences may be registered at www.ealvinsmall.com.
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Published in The Progress-Index on Apr. 16, 2014
He was born Oct. 5, 1933, to the late Douglas Graham McBryde Sr. and Eva Julia Taylor McBryde, and was preceded in death by a brother, Buddy McBryde. Graham was a United States Air Force veteran, a member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church and the American Legion. At the age of 16, Graham left home on a bus to attend Mississippi State University, where he earned a degree in petroleum engineering. Graham also worked as a meteorologist in the U.S. Air Force, and as a farmer, math teacher, NASA scientist, and held various jobs in the defense industry as a civil servant and contractor, and recently retired after many years of service as a systems analyst from Fort Belvoir.
Mr. McBryde is survived by his wife of 56 years, Mona Grey McBryde; sons, Lee Douglas McBryde and wife, Michelle, of Mount Airy, Md., Lamar Graham McBryde and wife, Tami, of Palm Bay, Fla., Stephen Hunter McBryde and wife, Beth, of Lancaster, Pa., and Daniel Taylor McBryde and wife, Elizabeth, of Colonial Heights; 14 grandchildren, Evan, Ethan, Parker, Connor, Amelia, Hunter, Shelby, Kelsey, Taylor, Matthew, Amanda, Shannon, Joshua and Cassie; a brother, Ray McBryde and wife, Donna, of Trinity, Texas; a sister, Sylvia Passmore and husband, Bill, of Marble Falls, Texas; numerous nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 18, 2014, at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, 3110 Greenwood Ave., Colonial Heights, VA 23834, with the Rev. Dr. Andy Brockelman officiating. Interment will follow in Southlawn Memorial Park, Prince George. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 17, 2014, at the Colonial Heights Chapel of the E. Alvin Small Funeral Homes and Crematory, 2033 Boulevard. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Lottie Moon Missions Fund. Condolences may be registered at www.ealvinsmall.com.
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Published in The Progress-Index on Apr. 16, 2014
D. Graham McBryde Jr., 80, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Monday, April 14, 2014, at Southside Regional Medical Center.
He was born Oct. 5, 1933, to the late Douglas Graham McBryde Sr. and Eva Julia Taylor McBryde, and was preceded in death by a brother, Buddy McBryde. Graham was a United States Air Force veteran, a member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church and the American Legion. At the age of 16, Graham left home on a bus to attend Mississippi State University, where he earned a degree in petroleum engineering. Graham also worked as a meteorologist in the U.S. Air Force, and as a farmer, math teacher, NASA scientist, and held various jobs in the defense industry as a civil servant and contractor, and recently retired after many years of service as a systems analyst from Fort Belvoir.
Mr. McBryde is survived by his wife of 56 years, Mona Grey McBryde; sons, Lee Douglas McBryde and wife, Michelle, of Mount Airy, Md., Lamar Graham McBryde and wife, Tami, of Palm Bay, Fla., Stephen Hunter McBryde and wife, Beth, of Lancaster, Pa., and Daniel Taylor McBryde and wife, Elizabeth, of Colonial Heights; 14 grandchildren, Evan, Ethan, Parker, Connor, Amelia, Hunter, Shelby, Kelsey, Taylor, Matthew, Amanda, Shannon, Joshua and Cassie; a brother, Ray McBryde and wife, Donna, of Trinity, Texas; a sister, Sylvia Passmore and husband, Bill, of Marble Falls, Texas; numerous nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 18, 2014, at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, 3110 Greenwood Ave., Colonial Heights, VA 23834, with the Rev. Dr. Andy Brockelman officiating. Interment will follow in Southlawn Memorial Park, Prince George. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 17, 2014, at the Colonial Heights Chapel of the E. Alvin Small Funeral Homes and Crematory, 2033 Boulevard. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Lottie Moon Missions Fund. Condolences may be registered at www.ealvinsmall.com.
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Published in The Progress-Index on Apr. 16, 2014
He was born Oct. 5, 1933, to the late Douglas Graham McBryde Sr. and Eva Julia Taylor McBryde, and was preceded in death by a brother, Buddy McBryde. Graham was a United States Air Force veteran, a member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church and the American Legion. At the age of 16, Graham left home on a bus to attend Mississippi State University, where he earned a degree in petroleum engineering. Graham also worked as a meteorologist in the U.S. Air Force, and as a farmer, math teacher, NASA scientist, and held various jobs in the defense industry as a civil servant and contractor, and recently retired after many years of service as a systems analyst from Fort Belvoir.
Mr. McBryde is survived by his wife of 56 years, Mona Grey McBryde; sons, Lee Douglas McBryde and wife, Michelle, of Mount Airy, Md., Lamar Graham McBryde and wife, Tami, of Palm Bay, Fla., Stephen Hunter McBryde and wife, Beth, of Lancaster, Pa., and Daniel Taylor McBryde and wife, Elizabeth, of Colonial Heights; 14 grandchildren, Evan, Ethan, Parker, Connor, Amelia, Hunter, Shelby, Kelsey, Taylor, Matthew, Amanda, Shannon, Joshua and Cassie; a brother, Ray McBryde and wife, Donna, of Trinity, Texas; a sister, Sylvia Passmore and husband, Bill, of Marble Falls, Texas; numerous nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 18, 2014, at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, 3110 Greenwood Ave., Colonial Heights, VA 23834, with the Rev. Dr. Andy Brockelman officiating. Interment will follow in Southlawn Memorial Park, Prince George. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 17, 2014, at the Colonial Heights Chapel of the E. Alvin Small Funeral Homes and Crematory, 2033 Boulevard. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Lottie Moon Missions Fund. Condolences may be registered at www.ealvinsmall.com.
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Published in The Progress-Index on Apr. 16, 2014
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