- Date Of Birth: June 23, 1923
- Date Of Death: March 16, 2014
- State: North Carolina
DURHAM Mr. Johnnie Mack Bryant, 90, of Durham, died at Duke Regional Hospital on Sunday, March 16, 2014.
Mr. Bryant was born on June 23, 1923, the son of the late Posey Lester Bryant and Annie Faulkner Bryant. He retired from Black Industries as a Bookkeeper. He was a member of St Paul United Methodist Church. He was a member of the Durham Masonic Lodge 352, Durham York Rite, Sudan Shriners and the Durham Sports Club. He was a 1945 graduate of Durham High School and attended Duke University on a Basketball Scholarship. He was employed by the old YMCA downtown, Lakewood and Trinity Avenue branches and was Director of the YMCA Easley-Pickens, SC. He was an avid participant in Senior Games of NC. He formerly umpired the Durham Bulls. He was predeceased in death by his brothers, Posey Leon Bryant , Alvin Bryant, Calvin Bryant, George Watts Bryant, Thomas Eugene Bryant, Alvesta Bryant, Julian Charles Bryant and William Gray Bryant. Sr. He was also predeceased by his niece, Martha Edgerton and nephews, William Gray Bryant, Jr. and Douglas Bryant.
He is survived by two sisters-in-law, Ella B. Bryant and Lena B. Bryant; nephews and nieces, Ronald Alvin Bryant (Peggy), Gloria Bryant Brown (Buddy), Johnnie J. Bryant, Sheila E. Bryant, Deborah L. Bryant, Carol Bryant Alford (Chuck), Nick Bryant (Penny), Kent Bryant (Becky), Nianne Bryant Herring, Alice Bryant Epps (Terry), Anne Brown, Patricia Bryant, Pam Bryant and many loving great-nieces and great-nephews including Sterling and Chadwick who were very special to him.
