Mother Deaconess Evelyn Bryant departed this life peacefully at the age of 95, to be with the Lord at Potomac Falls Health & Rehab Center Sterling, VA., on Saturday, April 15, 2023.

She was born June 9, 1927, to the late Henry Bryant and the late Rosetta Ramey Bryant.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James W. Bryant and her sisters, Mildred "Mozelle" Bryant,

Grace Pollard, Hazel Coleman, Rosetta "Rosie" Whiting and her bothers, Henry, Jr., Delbert, Ernest, Roosevelt, Wesley. Eli, Walter, Wilmer, and Albert.

Mother Bryant was a Registered Nurse for over 50 years. She worked at Arlington Hospital which is now named Virginia Hospital Center. She also worked in several Nursing Homes with the elderly and did private duty work until she reached the age of 90 until her health started failing her, but she still was determined to help anyone she could.

Mother Bryant was a lifelong member of Second Mt. Olive Baptist Church-Brownsville, Hamilton, VA. She joined the Church in 1947 under the late Elder Isham Williams. She served in the following ministries: President/Deaconess Ministry , Nurses Unit of the church, Senior Choir, Women's Auxiliary, President of the Missionaries and Sunday School Teacher. She enjoyed reading the Bible, always encouraging her family and members of the Church how important Sunday School was. Of all the Ministries Mother Bryant joined, the Sunday School and the Choir, it seems that those were her high priority. Even so that her husband James would bring her to Hamilton from Arlington every Saturday for Choir rehearsals. And cannot leave out the Wednesday nights "Prayer Services".

Her family will always remember her love for wearing beautiful Hats and her beautiful suits that her daughters would purchase for her.

How she would tease Ernest Bryant Jr.( Nephew) how he reminded her of President Obama, did he have something to tell her? Her great grand children loved to ask their Nanny about the olden days and she would always give her grandchildren encouraging words, especially from the bible.

Mother Bryant is survived by her two daughters: Shirley Squirewell (Ulysses ); Deborah Richardson (Raymond); One sister, Elizabeth Campbell; one brother Raymond Bryant(Joyce) and one sister in law, Helen Bryant of Tobytown, Maryland.

Eight grandchildren, fourteen great grandchildren and eleven great, great grandchildren and a host of

loving nieces, nephews and other family members and friends who are too numerous to name.