Alice Bryant

December 15, 1928 - September 28, 2021

Alice was born on December 15th, 1928, and peacefully departed on September 28,2021. Alice was born the 4th child of James Ollie Robinson and Rosa Lena Barnes Robinson. Alice had three older sisters, Francis, Muriel, and Marion. Alice was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Elliotte Wayne Bryant, her mother and father and her three sisters. Alice lost her father when she was only 18 months old. Alice graduated from Parkin High School and got a job immediately at a grocery store. She then started working for the Star Progress on a linotype machine for the newspaper. She continued to diligently work 50 plus years. Alice was a very caring person. She was a good listener and stayed to herself often. Alice was also a faithful volunteer who recorded church attendance sheets for the Methodist Church in Wynne, Arkansas for many years. Alice in her upper 80s admitted to 5 statements of things NOT TO DO: Don’t try to please everyone, fearing change, living in the past, putting yourself down, and overthinking. Alice is survived by one son, Jimmy Wayne Bryant of North Carolina and daughter in law, Vivian Keeling Bryant, also of North Carolina, and one granddaughter, Lyndsey Allison Bryant Foster (Collin Foster- husband) of North Carolina. Alice wrote a memorial to her late husband, Elliotte on December 24th, 2004. It stated, “To my dearest friend, my only love and true friend for 54 years, 8 months and 24 days." A graveside memorial service will be held on November 6, 2021, at 10 AM at Cogbill Cemetery.