FRANK LESTER O'BRYANT

 

On Wednesday, August 3rd, 1927, a message came that Frank Lester, eldest son of George Edward and Sarah Elizabeth O'Bryant, was very sick. Dr. E. S. Smith and Dr. G. B. Steward of Stockton were called and with the assistance of his loved ones and so many kind friends all was done that could be done to relieve his awful suffering for the terrible pain in his head, but on Tuesday, August 16, about 4 a.m. God came and took him home where there is no sickness, sorrow and where we will never have to say good bye. The undertakers Crow and Barker of Fair Play were called to care for the body. Rev. Denton and wife of Fair Play directed the services, the high waters preventing Rev. King and wife from assisting. The choir sang "In the Sweet Bye and Bye" and "O, Think of the Home Over There" with Mrs. Edward Price at the piano. Mrs. Denton sang "Some Day We Will Understand" with Mrs. V. G. Curl at the piano. The large crowd of relatives and friends who gathered around to pay their last respects proved how many true friends Lester had. Lester was married to Wylla Deane Fox on August 7, 1910. To this union, one son, John Edward, was born, who with his mother mourn the loss of the husband and father. Other relatives are mother Sarah E. O'Bryant, brothers S. S., W. B. and James E., sisters Ruth Belle Clemons of Fair Play, Mrs. Bessie Margaret Davis of Memphis, Tennessee, Bertha O'Bryant, niece Margaret Mae O'Bryant, nephews Joe E. O'Bryant and Donald O. Clemons with a number of other relatives and a host of friends to mourn his going. The flowers were so many and so pretty and showed how much sympathy they can carry to aching hearts. Dr. E. C. Mitchell, Dr. Rucks, Mrs. Piere (spelling?) and son, Clifford, sent such pretty flowers from Memphis, Tennessee. The body was laid to rest in the Lindley Prairie cemetery on Thursday, August 17, at 4 p.m. (Poem omitted.) (Card of Thanks from Mrs. F. L. O'Bryant, John Edward O'Bryant, Mrs. Sarah E. O'Bryant, S. S. O'Bryant and family, Mrs. J. W. Clemons and family, Mr. and Mrs. Z. T. Davis, W. B. O'Bryant, James E. O'Bryant and Bertha O'Bryant.)

Cedar County Republican, Stockton, Missouri; September 15, 1927

 

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