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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
|name=Glenn Earl Bryant.
|name=Glenn Earl Bryant.
|birth_place=Shawnee<br>
|birth_place=Shawnee<br>
Pottawatomie County<br>
Pottawatomie County<br>
[[Oklanoma]]<br>
[[Oklahoma]]<br>
Resident of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]]
Resident of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]]
|death_date=July 16, 2003 (aged 80)
|death_date=July 16, 2003 (aged 80)
Becky Bryant Dufour
Becky Bryant Dufour
}}
}}
'''Glenn Earl Bryant (July 27, 1922 – July 16, 2003) was a [[Southern Baptist]] [[clergy]]man from, principally, [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]].
'''Glenn Earl Bryant''' (July 27, 1922 – July 16, 2003) was a [[Southern Baptist]] [[clergy]]man from, principally, [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]].
==Background==
==Background==
==Career==
==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>
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 [[Springfeld, Mssouri|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/>
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/>
==Death==
==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>
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, Texas|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/>
eight grandchildren, and a brother, Lewis Lee Bryant (1919-2008) of Modesto, [[California]].<ref name=obit/>