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{{Infobox person
|name=Glenn Earl Bryant.
(Southern Baptist clergyman and civic leader from Alexandria, Louisiana)
|birth_date=July 27, 1922
|birth_place=Shawnee<br>
Pottawatomie County<br>
[[Oklanoma]]<br>
Resident of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]]
|death_date=July 16, 2003 (aged 80)
|death_place=Alexandria, Louisiana<br>
Resting place:<br>
Greenwood Memorial Park in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pinevlle]]
|spouse=Mildred Euvone Ayers Bryant (married c. 1941-2002, her death)<br>
Children:<br>
Louis E. Bryant (deceased)<br>
Larry L. Bryant<br>
Betty Jones<br>
Becky Bryant Dufour
}}
'''Glenn Earl Bryant (July 27, 1922 – July 16, 2003) was a [[Southern Baptist]] [[clergy]]man from, principally, [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]].
==Background==
Bryant was born in Shawnee in Pottawatomie County in central [[Oklahoma]], to Charles L. Bryant (1888-1925), who died when Glenn was only three years of age, and the former Eva Poe. In 1941, he accepted [[salvation]] and surrendered his life to the ministry of [[Jesus Christ]]. He received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee and three seminary degrees, including [[Doctor of Theology]] from the Central Baptist Theological Seminary,<ref name=obit/> an [[Independent Baptist]] institution founded in 1956 in Plymouth, [[Minnesota]], fifteen miles west of [[Minneapolis]].
==Career==
From 1943 to 1965, Bryant was the pastor of five congregations, First Baptist churches of Asher and St. Louis, both lin Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, Fairport in DeKalb County in northwestern, [[Missouri]], the Grant Avenue Baptist Church in Springfield in southwestern Missouri, and the Emmanuel Baptist Church in downtown Alexandria, Louisiana. For twenty-three years, he was affiliated with the Louisiana Baptist Foundation, from which he retired in 1987 as the executive director. From 1980 to 1981, he was the annual president of the Association of Foundation Executives within the [[Southern Baptist Convention]], based in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25982355/glenn-earl-bryant |title=Glenn Earl Bryant|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=July 27, 2018}}</ref>
After leaving Emmanuel church as pastor, he was an interm pastor of eighteen area churches from 1965 to 1995,<ref name=obit/> including the small First Baptist congregation in [[rural]] Montgomery in Grant Parish north of Alexandria. From 1978 to 1979, Bryant was a member of the Rapides Regional Medical Board and was the nterim chaplain for that group in 1993.<ref name=obit/>
From 1972 to 1977, Bryant was the first chairman of the board of the Renaissance Youth Home, a detention and rehabilitation center for abused or law-breaking children located to the west of Alexandria. He was named an emeritus board member in 1985.<ref name=obit/> Working with Bryant on the Renaissance project were Judge Guy Earl Humphries, Jr. (1923-2010), of the 9th Judicial District Court and [[George M. Foote|George Messenger Foote, Sr.]], the long-term Alexandria municipal judge.
Bryant was an executive board member of the Attakapas Councl of the [[Boy Scouts]].and received the "Good Sheperd" Award in 1982 and the "Silver Beaver" designation in 1983. In 1982, he was named "Outstanding Citizen" award from Lions International., and elected Rotarian of the year in 1988. In 1989, he received the "Boys and Girls" award of the year and ; in 1988, he was the "Rotarian of the Year". He served as well on the board of the Central Louisiana Rehabilitation Hospital.<ref name=obit/>
From 1951 to 1965, he conducted a [[radio]] program, "The Abundant Life" and a weekly half-hour [[television]] program, ''Life at Its Best.'' On April 4, 1993, he began another radio ministry on KTLD in Alexandria which aired on Sunday morning. On March 1, 1995, he launched a weekday radio program on the same station. He wrote a series of books also entitled ''Life at Its Best''.<ref name=obit/>
==Death==
Bryant died in Alexandria eleven days before his 81st birthday. He was predeceased by his wife, the former Mildred Euvone Ayers (1921-2002), and a son, Louis Earl Bryant (1942-1990), a contractor from [[Houston, Texs|Houston]], [[Texas]]. He was survived by another son, Larry L. Bryant (born August 1, 1959) and wife, the former Karen Denise Cook (born June 9, 1959), of Alexandria, and daughter, Betty Jones and husband, Noel, then of Houston, and Becky Sue Dufour (born July 13, 1952) and husband, Gary Leo Dufour (born November 18, 1950), the director of the Armadillo Hills Hunting Club, of Alexandria,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/Fname-Lname/garydufour1|title=Gary DuFour|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 27, 2018}}</ref>
eight grandchildren, and a brother, Lewis Lee Bryant (1919-2008) of Modesto, [[California]].<ref name=obit/>
His services were held at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Alexandria with pastors Larry Taylor and B. David Brooks, now at Calvary Baptist Church, officiating. His long-time friend, Judge George Foote, delivered the eulogy. Bryant is interred with his wife and son at Greenwood Memorial Park in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]].<ref name=obit/>
==References==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bryant, Glenn}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Oklahoma]]
[[Category:Missouri]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
[[Category:Clergy]]
[[Category:Radio]]
[[Category:Television]]
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{{Infobox person
|name=Glenn Earl Bryant.
(Southern Baptist clergyman and civic leader from Alexandria, Louisiana)
|birth_date=July 27, 1922
|birth_place=Shawnee<br>
Pottawatomie County<br>
[[Oklanoma]]<br>
Resident of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]]
|death_date=July 16, 2003 (aged 80)
|death_place=Alexandria, Louisiana<br>
Resting place:<br>
Greenwood Memorial Park in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pinevlle]]
|spouse=Mildred Euvone Ayers Bryant (married c. 1941-2002, her death)<br>
Children:<br>
Louis E. Bryant (deceased)<br>
Larry L. Bryant<br>
Betty Jones<br>
Becky Bryant Dufour
}}
'''Glenn Earl Bryant (July 27, 1922 – July 16, 2003) was a [[Southern Baptist]] [[clergy]]man from, principally, [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]].
==Background==
Bryant was born in Shawnee in Pottawatomie County in central [[Oklahoma]], to Charles L. Bryant (1888-1925), who died when Glenn was only three years of age, and the former Eva Poe. In 1941, he accepted [[salvation]] and surrendered his life to the ministry of [[Jesus Christ]]. He received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee and three seminary degrees, including [[Doctor of Theology]] from the Central Baptist Theological Seminary,<ref name=obit/> an [[Independent Baptist]] institution founded in 1956 in Plymouth, [[Minnesota]], fifteen miles west of [[Minneapolis]].
==Career==
From 1943 to 1965, Bryant was the pastor of five congregations, First Baptist churches of Asher and St. Louis, both lin Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, Fairport in DeKalb County in northwestern, [[Missouri]], the Grant Avenue Baptist Church in Springfield in southwestern Missouri, and the Emmanuel Baptist Church in downtown Alexandria, Louisiana. For twenty-three years, he was affiliated with the Louisiana Baptist Foundation, from which he retired in 1987 as the executive director. From 1980 to 1981, he was the annual president of the Association of Foundation Executives within the [[Southern Baptist Convention]], based in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25982355/glenn-earl-bryant |title=Glenn Earl Bryant|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=July 27, 2018}}</ref>
After leaving Emmanuel church as pastor, he was an interm pastor of eighteen area churches from 1965 to 1995,<ref name=obit/> including the small First Baptist congregation in [[rural]] Montgomery in Grant Parish north of Alexandria. From 1978 to 1979, Bryant was a member of the Rapides Regional Medical Board and was the nterim chaplain for that group in 1993.<ref name=obit/>
From 1972 to 1977, Bryant was the first chairman of the board of the Renaissance Youth Home, a detention and rehabilitation center for abused or law-breaking children located to the west of Alexandria. He was named an emeritus board member in 1985.<ref name=obit/> Working with Bryant on the Renaissance project were Judge Guy Earl Humphries, Jr. (1923-2010), of the 9th Judicial District Court and [[George M. Foote|George Messenger Foote, Sr.]], the long-term Alexandria municipal judge.
Bryant was an executive board member of the Attakapas Councl of the [[Boy Scouts]].and received the "Good Sheperd" Award in 1982 and the "Silver Beaver" designation in 1983. In 1982, he was named "Outstanding Citizen" award from Lions International., and elected Rotarian of the year in 1988. In 1989, he received the "Boys and Girls" award of the year and ; in 1988, he was the "Rotarian of the Year". He served as well on the board of the Central Louisiana Rehabilitation Hospital.<ref name=obit/>
From 1951 to 1965, he conducted a [[radio]] program, "The Abundant Life" and a weekly half-hour [[television]] program, ''Life at Its Best.'' On April 4, 1993, he began another radio ministry on KTLD in Alexandria which aired on Sunday morning. On March 1, 1995, he launched a weekday radio program on the same station. He wrote a series of books also entitled ''Life at Its Best''.<ref name=obit/>
==Death==
Bryant died in Alexandria eleven days before his 81st birthday. He was predeceased by his wife, the former Mildred Euvone Ayers (1921-2002), and a son, Louis Earl Bryant (1942-1990), a contractor from [[Houston, Texs|Houston]], [[Texas]]. He was survived by another son, Larry L. Bryant (born August 1, 1959) and wife, the former Karen Denise Cook (born June 9, 1959), of Alexandria, and daughter, Betty Jones and husband, Noel, then of Houston, and Becky Sue Dufour (born July 13, 1952) and husband, Gary Leo Dufour (born November 18, 1950), the director of the Armadillo Hills Hunting Club, of Alexandria,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/Fname-Lname/garydufour1|title=Gary DuFour|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 27, 2018}}</ref>
eight grandchildren, and a brother, Lewis Lee Bryant (1919-2008) of Modesto, [[California]].<ref name=obit/>
His services were held at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Alexandria with pastors Larry Taylor and B. David Brooks, now at Calvary Baptist Church, officiating. His long-time friend, Judge George Foote, delivered the eulogy. Bryant is interred with his wife and son at Greenwood Memorial Park in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]].<ref name=obit/>
==References==
{{reflsit}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bryant, Glenn}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Oklahoma]]
[[Category:Missouri]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
[[Category:Clergy]]
[[Category:Radio]]
[[Category:Television]]