Homer Noel Bryant

Died January 3, 2011 in Kerrville, TX. A service was held on January 4th at the University Park United Methodist Church, 4024 Caruth Blvd., Dallas, TX 75225. Interment was at Hillcrest Mausoleum and Memorial Park, 7405 West Northwest Highway, Dallas, TX. Born on September 26, 1913 in Hereford, Texas, he is survived by three children: Sylvia and Dan Ostos, Darlyne and Steve Bryant, Karen and Stan Bryant; five grandchildren: Brent Ostos, Stephanie Mitchell, Michael Ostos, Tamara Beam, Jennifer Bryant; and eight great-grandchildren: Tatum Ostos, Meredith Ostos, Ellie Mitchell, Sean Michael Mitchell, Evaline Mitchell, Danielle Ostos, Isabelle Ostos, and Dylan Ostos, and numerous other relatives. He was preceded in death by his devoted wife of 71 years, Frances Marie on December 30, 2010. A graduate of McMurry University and Perkins School of Theology at SMU, he started his ministry of 47 years in the United Methodist Church in 1937 in the Northwest Texas Conference and was appointed to serve in several churches there, including ones in Lamesa, Ralls, Wellington, and Borger. In Borger, he led the building of a new church sanctuary for First Methodist Church in the early 1950s. In 1954, he moved to the Oak Cliff United Methodist Church in Dallas and remained a long-time resident of the Dallas area, serving as a minister and District Superintendent in the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church. As a minister, he was appointed to churches in Dallas, Denton, and Sherman; served as District Superintendent in Wichita Falls; and was Director of the North Texas Conference Council. He completed his ministry in 1984 as District Superintendent in Sherman. During his retirement, he taught the Fellowship Class at University Park United Methodist Church and served twice on the faculty of the Intern Program at SMU’s Perkins School of Theology. He was a member of Rotary International and served as President of the Denton Rotary Club in 1963-64. Memorial contributions can be made to University Park United Methodist Church, Dallas; McMurry University in Abilene; or Peterson Hospice, Kerrville..