After a protracted battle with Alzheimer’s Disease, Thelma M. Bryant passed away in her sleep on June 3, 2019 at the age of 94.
Thelma was born to father Sam Mason and mother Onita Mason who predeceased her. She was also preceded by her beloved husband, William R. “Bill” Bryant, her brother, Rayburn Mason and his wife, Creola Mason of Ruidoso, NM.
She leaves behind her sons, Mason and Bruce, her daughter-in-law Vicki and her grandson, Wesley; nieces Becky Kenny, Kim Strange, and nephew Marcus Mason.
She grew up in West Texas, and early in World War II met and married Bill Bryant. In 1956 they moved to Lufkin, Texas where Thelma served as the Membership Secretary for the First United Methodist Church until they moved to Weimar, Texas in 1977. Shortly after Bill’s death on November 18, 1987, Thelma moved back to Lufkin where she remained an active member of the First United Methodist Church until her illness rendered her unable to continue attending services.
Thelma was active in her Book Club, Quilting, and playing in numerous Game Nights with her close friends. She was a genealogy whiz, remembering all the people she ever encountered, and their relationship to family and friends.
Thelma was interred at the family plot in Weimar Masonic Cemetery, Weimar, Texas with the immediate family in attendance.
EDITED - full obit published in Lufkin daily News, June 13, 2019.
Thelma was born to father Sam Mason and mother Onita Mason who predeceased her. She was also preceded by her beloved husband, William R. “Bill” Bryant, her brother, Rayburn Mason and his wife, Creola Mason of Ruidoso, NM.
She leaves behind her sons, Mason and Bruce, her daughter-in-law Vicki and her grandson, Wesley; nieces Becky Kenny, Kim Strange, and nephew Marcus Mason.
She grew up in West Texas, and early in World War II met and married Bill Bryant. In 1956 they moved to Lufkin, Texas where Thelma served as the Membership Secretary for the First United Methodist Church until they moved to Weimar, Texas in 1977. Shortly after Bill’s death on November 18, 1987, Thelma moved back to Lufkin where she remained an active member of the First United Methodist Church until her illness rendered her unable to continue attending services.
Thelma was active in her Book Club, Quilting, and playing in numerous Game Nights with her close friends. She was a genealogy whiz, remembering all the people she ever encountered, and their relationship to family and friends.
Thelma was interred at the family plot in Weimar Masonic Cemetery, Weimar, Texas with the immediate family in attendance.
EDITED - full obit published in Lufkin daily News, June 13, 2019.
After a protracted battle with Alzheimer’s Disease, Thelma M. Bryant passed away in her sleep on June 3, 2019 at the age of 94.
Thelma was born to father Sam Mason and mother Onita Mason who predeceased her. She was also preceded by her beloved husband, William R. “Bill” Bryant, her brother, Rayburn Mason and his wife, Creola Mason of Ruidoso, NM.
She leaves behind her sons, Mason and Bruce, her daughter-in-law Vicki and her grandson, Wesley; nieces Becky Kenny, Kim Strange, and nephew Marcus Mason.
She grew up in West Texas, and early in World War II met and married Bill Bryant. In 1956 they moved to Lufkin, Texas where Thelma served as the Membership Secretary for the First United Methodist Church until they moved to Weimar, Texas in 1977. Shortly after Bill’s death on November 18, 1987, Thelma moved back to Lufkin where she remained an active member of the First United Methodist Church until her illness rendered her unable to continue attending services.
Thelma was active in her Book Club, Quilting, and playing in numerous Game Nights with her close friends. She was a genealogy whiz, remembering all the people she ever encountered, and their relationship to family and friends.
Thelma was interred at the family plot in Weimar Masonic Cemetery, Weimar, Texas with the immediate family in attendance.
EDITED - full obit published in Lufkin daily News, June 13, 2019.
Thelma was born to father Sam Mason and mother Onita Mason who predeceased her. She was also preceded by her beloved husband, William R. “Bill” Bryant, her brother, Rayburn Mason and his wife, Creola Mason of Ruidoso, NM.
She leaves behind her sons, Mason and Bruce, her daughter-in-law Vicki and her grandson, Wesley; nieces Becky Kenny, Kim Strange, and nephew Marcus Mason.
She grew up in West Texas, and early in World War II met and married Bill Bryant. In 1956 they moved to Lufkin, Texas where Thelma served as the Membership Secretary for the First United Methodist Church until they moved to Weimar, Texas in 1977. Shortly after Bill’s death on November 18, 1987, Thelma moved back to Lufkin where she remained an active member of the First United Methodist Church until her illness rendered her unable to continue attending services.
Thelma was active in her Book Club, Quilting, and playing in numerous Game Nights with her close friends. She was a genealogy whiz, remembering all the people she ever encountered, and their relationship to family and friends.
Thelma was interred at the family plot in Weimar Masonic Cemetery, Weimar, Texas with the immediate family in attendance.
EDITED - full obit published in Lufkin daily News, June 13, 2019.
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