Scotland County Genealogical Society
Memphis, MissouriDonald L. Bryant
KEOKUK, Iowa --- Donald L. Bryant, 61, of 3900 S. Seventh, Keokuk, an automobile mechanic, died at 6:13 p.m. Thursday (Sept. 7, 1989) in Keokuk Area Hospital.
Mr. Bryant was born Aug. 30, 1928, in Keokuk, a son of Jesse D. and Mae Seward Bryant. He married J. Ruth Kunter March 4, 1950, in Kahoka, Mo. She survives.
Mr. Bryant was a lifelong resident of Keokuk and was an Army veteran of the Korean conflict. He was a member of the American Legion and an avid citizen's band radio operator known as "Funny Farmer." He had been a mechanic for Sharp Motor Co. and later farmed and opened his own automobile mechanic shop. He was of the Baptist faith.
Survivors also include a daughter, Lyn Rash of Keokuk; his mother of Alexandria, Mo.; two brothers, Wallace of Alexandria and Rodney of Keokuk; two granddaughters, Joannie Rash and Jami Lyn Rash, both of Keokuk; and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father.
Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday in the DeJong Funeral Home in Keokuk by Brother Bill Hauser. Burial, with military rites, will be in Oakland Cemetery.
Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today with family meeting friends from 7 to 9 tonight in the funeral home.
