Posted on 09/03/2015 4:38:13 AM PDT by DCBryan1
Jim Bryan III, 75, of Longboat Key, FL, died Sep. 1, 2015 at Arkansas Hospice from complications of pancreatic cancer. He was born in Harrison, AR in 1940 to the late J.W. and Jane Bryan of Bellefonte, AR. He was preceded in death by his son Joey (who died of a brain tumor in 1981 at age ten) and grandparents Witt and Zula Burns Bryan and Noah and Myrtle Eoff Dearing. He is survived by his beloved wife of 52 years, Ann, son Jim, IV and his wife Ann, son Chris and his wife Jennifer, grandchildren Laura and her newlywed husband Russ, Ethan and Pam, all of Pulaski County, AR. He is also survived by his brother John and his wife Deborah of Tulsa, OK, and uncle Joe of Bellefonte, AR.
Jim was raised on a farm in southern Boone County raising poultry, showing cattle, and harvesting apples. He was a standout athlete at Valley Springs, still ranking among the state’s top all-time scorers in high school basketball with 2,792 points 1955-58, coached by Sid Ragland and his novel up-tempo style. He played one season under Coach Sam Hindsman at Arkansas Tech in 1959-60 before transferring to Henderson State Teachers College and lettering in 1961-62 under Coach Morton Hutto (who most importantly introduced Jim to Ann). He was inducted as a Golden Reddie in 2012. An economics major, he also attended graduate school at the University of Arkansas. After completing ROTC he was commissioned in the U.S. Army, serving in the armor battalion at Camp Roberts, CA and tasked with testing the prototype M60A1 medium tank with the U.S. Army's Combat Developments Command Experimentation Center (CDEC), 4th Medium Tank Battalion, 73rd Armor.
The family moved to North Little Rock in 1967 and after meeting with Henderson schoolmate Jim Hunter, Jim entered his career in investment banking with Delta Securities. That career spanned 47 years working for and leading a number of firms until his retirement from Crews & Associates in April of this year. Son Chris assisted him over the past 15 years. His work territory was west central Florida. He developed close personal friendships with his banking clients.
His passion in the 1970s was tournament bass fishing, with notable finishes in Mr. Bass of Arkansas and BASS. Fishing expeditions took him from Canada to Honduras, Cuba and Mexico. His investment firms gave him the special opportunity to compete in tournament softball as player, manager and sponsor. He was a 1999 inductee of the Arkansas Softball Hall of Fame. He and Ann followed the basketball Razorbacks to many holiday and SWC/SEC tournaments. He maintained exquisite records of the state’s high school basketball history and was a constant campaigner for Wonder Boy and Reddie inductees into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame.
The family wishes to express its gratitude to the caregivers at First Choice Senior Services, the staff of Arkansas Hospice and Pastoral Care at St. James UMC.
Visitation will be held at Griffin Leggett Healey & Roth on Thursday, Sept. 3 from 6-8 PM. Funeral service will be Friday, Sept. 4 at 11:00AM. A private burial will follow at Rest Hills. Memorials may be made to St. James United Methodist Church, Lakewood United Methodist Church, and the American Brain Tumor Association.
Your father will be in our prayers.
May his soul and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Prayers up, for you and your family, FRiend.
Prayers for your father and for your family.
May his soul rest in peace,
And may Perpetual Light shine upon him.
Notre Père qui es aux cieux,
Que ton Nom soit sanctifié, que ton règne vienne,
Que ta volonté soit faite sur la terre comme au ciel.
Donne-nous aujourd'hui notre pain de ce jour.
Pardonne-nous nos offenses, comme nous pardonnons aussi à ceux qui nous ont offensés.
Et ne nous soumets pas à la tentation, mais délivre-nous du mal.
Car c’est à Toi qu’appartiennent le règne, la puissance et la gloire,
pour les siècles des siècles. Amen
Je vous salue, Marie, pleine de grâces,
le Seigneur est avec vous, vous êtes bénie entre toutes les femmes,
et Jésus le fruit de vos entrailles est béni.
Sainte Marie, Mère de Dieu, priez pour nous pauvres pécheurs,
maintenant, et à l'heure de notre mort. Ainsi-soit-il.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Prayers for your family. May he RIP.
Prayers up for all of you.
Eternal rest grant unto the Holy Souls oh Lord, and let Thy Perpetual Light shine upon them. May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the Infinite Mercy of Almighty God, rest in peace forever, Amen!
May God give His Peace to all of you!
Grateful
Prayers and condolences, I lost my Dad four years ago and his birthday is coming up on the ninth, especially hard for my Mom on those special days. take comfort in all your memories.
Prayers up.
Praying for you and your family in this sad and difficult time for all of you.
So sorry for your loss, DCBryan1. Prayers up.
sorry to hear of your loss...
May Jim Bryan III rest in peace.
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Eternal rest grant to him, O Lord, and may the Perpetual Light shine upon him.
Death is never easy. You are in my prayers.
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