Joe Hillis Bryant

Male 1925 - 1988  (62 years)


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  • Name Joe Hillis Bryant 
    Born 5 Mar 1925  Seagraves, Gaines County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 Feb 1988  Santa Fe, Galveston County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 20 Feb 1988  Hayes Grace Memorial Park - Hitchcock, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I718  Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
    Last Modified 1 Apr 2025 

    Father Joel Bea Bryant,   b. 30 Oct 1874, Groesbeck, Limestone County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Dec 1959, Seagraves, Gaines County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Ethel Birdie Brothers,   b. 30 Nov 1885, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1963, Lamesa, Dawson County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Family ID F1743  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eva Joyce Slone,   b. 17 Dec 1930, Wilson, Lynn County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 2000, Katy, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 21 May 1949  Seagraves, Gaines County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. B.E. Bryant
    +2. Barbara Ann Bryant,   b. 14 May 1953, McPherson County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 2001, New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2019 
    Family ID F352  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 5 Mar 1925 - Seagraves, Gaines County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 21 May 1949 - Seagraves, Gaines County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 18 Feb 1988 - Santa Fe, Galveston County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 20 Feb 1988 - Hayes Grace Memorial Park - Hitchcock, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    U.S. World War II Draft Card - Joe Hillis Bryant
    U.S. World War II Draft Card - Joe Hillis Bryant
    Name: Joe Hillis Bryant
    Gender: Male
    Race: White
    Age: 18
    Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
    Birth Date: 5 Mar 1925
    Birth Place: Seymour, Texas, USA
    Residence Place: Seagraves, Gaines, Texas, USA
    Registration Date: 5 Mar 1943
    Registration Place: Seagraves, Gaines, Texas, USA
    Employer: Monty Williams Ranch and Farm
    Height: 6'
    Weight: 135 lbs.
    Complexion: Ruddy
    Hair Color: Blonde
    Eye Color: Blue
    Next of Kin: J. B. Bryant
    Obituary of Joe Hillis Bryant
    Obituary of Joe Hillis Bryant
    Published in The Galveston Daily News on February 19, 1988

    Headstones
    Headstone of Joe Hillis Bryant and Eva Joyce Slone Bryant
    Headstone of Joe Hillis Bryant and Eva Joyce Slone Bryant
    Hayes Grace Memorial Park - Hitchcock, Texas, USA

  • Notes 
    • Obituary:

      Joe H. Bryant

      SANTA FE - Joe H. Bryant, 62, a retired welder, died Thursday at his residence.

      Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at James Crowder Funeral Home in Dickinson, the Rev. Bud Findley officiating.

      Burial will be at Grace memorial Park in Hitchcock.

      Visitors may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. today.

      Mr. Bryant was born March 5, 1925, in Seymour, Texas. He was retired from the Chicago Bridge and Iron Co. and had been a resident of Santa Fe for eight years. He was a former resident of Texas City, where he had lived for 19 years. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Air Force in Europe. Mr. Bryant was a member of Boilermaker's Local 132 and V.F.W. Post 5400.

      Survivors include his wife, Joyce Bryant of Santa Fe; two daughters, Betty Earline Bryant Edmundson of Houston and Barbara Ann Bryant McConnell of Santa Fe; two sisters, Etta High of Seagraves and Flora Sturgeon of Seymour; and three granddaughters.

      (Published in The Galveston Daily News on February 19, 1988)