Robert Leland Bryant's Obituary
ROBERT LELAND (RED) BRYANT, AGE 88, BORN MAY 25, 1935, IN NASHVILLE, TN. - A GRADUATE OF EAST HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 1953, WHERE HE PLAYED ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM. RETIRED FROM GREYHOUND BUS LINES AFTER 36 YEARS, AS DISPATCH MANAGER AT THE DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE LOCATION. HE WAS DRAFTED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY DURING THE PROPOSED CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS IN 1957. SOME FAVORITE PASS TIMES WERE FISHING, HUNTING, WATCHING THE HISTORY CHANEL AND OLD WESTERN MOVIES. RED ATTENDED CALVARY CHAPEL ON LONGHOLLOW PIKE UNTIL RELOCATING TO HIS CURRENT HOME IN KNOXVILLE IN 2020. AT THAT TIME, CALVARY CHAPEL, KNOXVILLE BECAME HIS HOME CHURCH. AFTER ACCEPTING JESUS CHRIST AS HIS PERSONAL SAVIOR, HE WAS PREPARED TO ENTER THE GATES OF HEAVEN TO SPEND ETERNITY WITH OUR HEAVENLY FATHER.
PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: GUS AND PAULINE BRYANT, SPECIAL AUNT - OLINE BILES, TWO SONS – ROBERT STACY BRYANT AND DEVON MICHAEL BRYANT.
SURVIVED BY WIFE – LINDA OF KNOXVILLE, SON - JAMES BRYANT (JOANN) OF NASHVILLE, DAUGHTER – MEGYN BOWLEN (CHRISTOPHER), PENNSYLVANIA.
PALLBEARERS: JOSH AND JUSTIN HUMPHRIES, JOSEPH EARL, HUNTER RIFE, RICARDO AND GABRIEL MAJANO
HONORARY PALLBEARERS: DRIVER’S, FRIENDS AND CO-WORKERS – GREYHOUND BUS LINES
FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 10:00 – 12:00, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2024, AT SPRING HILL FUNERAL HOME, 5110 GALLATIN ROAD, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. FUNERAL TO FOLLOW AT THE CHAPEL, PASTORS JERRY MCANULTY AND TON ESPINOSA OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW SERVICES AT SPRING HILL CEMETERY.
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