WESLEY TAYLOR BRYANT, age 67, of Missouri City, Texas, passed away Thursday, February 11, 2010. He was born May 2, 1942, in Texarkana, Arkansas, to Willard and Lorene Combs Bryant. Wes graduated from Texarkana Arkansas High School in1960, and from the University of Arkansas with a B.S.E. in 1964. He earned a Master’s Degree in Educational Administration from Texas Southern University and a Professional Mid-Management Administration Certificate in 1993. While at the University of Arkansas, Wes lettered three years in football, played in the Sugar Bowl in 1962 and 1963, played in the East-West Shrine Game in 1963, and in the Hula Bowl in 1964. Wes was drafted by and played for the Minnesota Vikings and the Toronto Argonauts. In 1961 his beloved Razorbacks were Southwest Conference Champions. Wes has been teaching and coaching in high school for forty-four years; this includes many years of experience as head football coach and campus athletic coordinator. Coach Bryant began his coaching career in Marvel, Arkansas, moved to Texarkana, Texas, then to White Oak as head coach, on to Alief Elsik as head coach, and then coached the defense at Brazosport High School and Pasadena High School. He finished his career as Pasadena High School as Head Football Coach and Campus Athletic Coordinator before retiring in August, 2008.
Wes was preceded in death by his mother, Lorene Combs Bryant; brother, Willard Eber Bryant; and sisters, Julia Bryant Dungan, and Frances Lavera Bryant. He is survived by his wife of forty-seven years, Joyce Sprayberry Bryant; son, Jeff Bryant and his wife Kelley; daughter, Debbie Jones and her husband Guy; grandchildren, Tyler and Amanda Bryant, and Emily and Mitchell Jones; father, Willard Bryant; sisters, Janice Bryant Barnes, and MaryBess Bryant Cunningham; and many other loving relatives and friends.
Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family on Sunday, February 14, 2010, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM, in The Morrow Room of The Settegast-Kopf Co. @ Sugar Creek, 15015 Southwest Freeway, Sugar Land (Williams Trace Exit). Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, February 15, 2010, at Williams Trace Baptist Church, 16755 Southwest Freeway, Sugar Land, with Dr. Phil Lineberger, officiating. Interment will follow at Morton Cemetery, in Richmond, TX. For those desiring, memorials in Wes’s name may be made to the Missions Ministry at Williams Trace Baptist Church.
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