Joseph Elwood Bryan

BRYAN, Mr.Joseph Elwood,78, was born on December 2, 1934 in Charlotte, North Carolina and died on November 30, 2013 in Nashville Tennessee.

Joseph Elwood Bryan was preceded in death by his father, Charles Bryan and his mother Mrs. Lucille Gies Faulk. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Abbie Lou Hollis Bryan and his two sons Joseph Elwood Bryan, Jr. and James Hollis Bryan, both of Nashville. He is also survived by a brother, Charles Bryan, from Brandon, Mississippi and numerous nieces and nephews.

He served in the army following the Korean War and was stationed in Korea for eighteen months. He then graduated from the University of Alabama with a Bachelors and Masters degree in Business. He retired from IBM after 32 years of service.

After retirement he devoted as much time as possible to tennis until health issues forced him in other exercise directions. He could be found most mornings working out at the Brentwood YMCA.

Visitation will be held Wednesday, December 4 from10 in the morning to 12 noon at the Brentwood-Roesch Patton location at 1910 Church Street East, Brentwood, TN 37027. A mass will follow at 1 in the afternoon at St Henry Catholic Church Chapel, 6401 Harding Road, Nashville, TN 37205.

Burial will be Thursday December 5 at the Brantley Cemetery at 2PM in Brantley, Alabama with Turner Funeral Home of Luverne directing.

The family requests in lieu of flowers that that a donation be made to Bill Wilkerson Speech and Hearing Center or to the charity of ones choice.