Bryan E. Sullivan, 86, died Tuesday, January 27, 2009, at his home near the Reservoir in the Jackson area. His family and friends will all miss this fun loving and generous man. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am in the chapel at Lakewood Funeral Home on Friday, January 30, 2009. Visitation will be tonight from 5-7 pm and after 9:30 am on Friday. Burial will follow the service in Lakewood Memorial Park.
Born in Columbia, MS, Bryan moved to Toomsuba, MS as a young child and then as an older child to the Jackson area. He graduated from Central High School in 1939 and then joined the United States Marine Corps when WWII broke out in 1941 where he was a carrier based fighter pilot in the Pacific. He returned to the Jackson area in 1946.
Bryan met and married Mary Jane Sullivan. He worked in the insurance industry for forty years with the R. S. Greer General agency, New Hampshire Insurance Company and then American International Group.
He loved dove and deer hunting. He especially loved to cook for and entertain others.
Preceding him in death is his wife Mary Jane Sullivan.
He will be missed by many especially his children, Tip Sullivan and his wife, Teresa, Bill Sullivan and his wife, Jennifer and his daughter, Greer Sullivan; his precious grandchildren, Mary Elizabeth Sullivan, Will Sullivan, Annie Sullivan and Bryan Sullivan; and other extended family also survive him.
His family was blessed by the ever-present help of his caregiver Alana Donovan who made a difficult situation for him and the family much better.
All memorial donations can be made to the American Cancer Society at www.cancer.org.
Published in the Clarion Ledger on 1/29/2009
Born in Columbia, MS, Bryan moved to Toomsuba, MS as a young child and then as an older child to the Jackson area. He graduated from Central High School in 1939 and then joined the United States Marine Corps when WWII broke out in 1941 where he was a carrier based fighter pilot in the Pacific. He returned to the Jackson area in 1946.
Bryan met and married Mary Jane Sullivan. He worked in the insurance industry for forty years with the R. S. Greer General agency, New Hampshire Insurance Company and then American International Group.
He loved dove and deer hunting. He especially loved to cook for and entertain others.
Preceding him in death is his wife Mary Jane Sullivan.
He will be missed by many especially his children, Tip Sullivan and his wife, Teresa, Bill Sullivan and his wife, Jennifer and his daughter, Greer Sullivan; his precious grandchildren, Mary Elizabeth Sullivan, Will Sullivan, Annie Sullivan and Bryan Sullivan; and other extended family also survive him.
His family was blessed by the ever-present help of his caregiver Alana Donovan who made a difficult situation for him and the family much better.
All memorial donations can be made to the American Cancer Society at www.cancer.org.
Published in the Clarion Ledger on 1/29/2009
Bryan E. Sullivan, 86, died Tuesday, January 27, 2009, at his home near the Reservoir in the Jackson area. His family and friends will all miss this fun loving and generous man. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am in the chapel at Lakewood Funeral Home on Friday, January 30, 2009. Visitation will be tonight from 5-7 pm and after 9:30 am on Friday. Burial will follow the service in Lakewood Memorial Park.
Born in Columbia, MS, Bryan moved to Toomsuba, MS as a young child and then as an older child to the Jackson area. He graduated from Central High School in 1939 and then joined the United States Marine Corps when WWII broke out in 1941 where he was a carrier based fighter pilot in the Pacific. He returned to the Jackson area in 1946.
Bryan met and married Mary Jane Sullivan. He worked in the insurance industry for forty years with the R. S. Greer General agency, New Hampshire Insurance Company and then American International Group.
He loved dove and deer hunting. He especially loved to cook for and entertain others.
Preceding him in death is his wife Mary Jane Sullivan.
He will be missed by many especially his children, Tip Sullivan and his wife, Teresa, Bill Sullivan and his wife, Jennifer and his daughter, Greer Sullivan; his precious grandchildren, Mary Elizabeth Sullivan, Will Sullivan, Annie Sullivan and Bryan Sullivan; and other extended family also survive him.
His family was blessed by the ever-present help of his caregiver Alana Donovan who made a difficult situation for him and the family much better.
All memorial donations can be made to the American Cancer Society at www.cancer.org.
Published in the Clarion Ledger on 1/29/2009
Born in Columbia, MS, Bryan moved to Toomsuba, MS as a young child and then as an older child to the Jackson area. He graduated from Central High School in 1939 and then joined the United States Marine Corps when WWII broke out in 1941 where he was a carrier based fighter pilot in the Pacific. He returned to the Jackson area in 1946.
Bryan met and married Mary Jane Sullivan. He worked in the insurance industry for forty years with the R. S. Greer General agency, New Hampshire Insurance Company and then American International Group.
He loved dove and deer hunting. He especially loved to cook for and entertain others.
Preceding him in death is his wife Mary Jane Sullivan.
He will be missed by many especially his children, Tip Sullivan and his wife, Teresa, Bill Sullivan and his wife, Jennifer and his daughter, Greer Sullivan; his precious grandchildren, Mary Elizabeth Sullivan, Will Sullivan, Annie Sullivan and Bryan Sullivan; and other extended family also survive him.
His family was blessed by the ever-present help of his caregiver Alana Donovan who made a difficult situation for him and the family much better.
All memorial donations can be made to the American Cancer Society at www.cancer.org.
Published in the Clarion Ledger on 1/29/2009
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