Byron R. Bryant, 67

Mr. Bryant died Thursday, April 3 at Raintree Manor in McMinnville. He was born Oct. 22, 1940 in Zearing, Iowa to the late Jessie Edwin and Iva Belle Schultze Bryant.

Mr. Bryant was a longtime member of Cookeville Church of the Nazarene, a dairy farmer and consultant. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree at Iowa State University in Dairy Science in 1967.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Raymond C. Bryant.

Mr. Bryant is survived by his wife, Dianne Hurst Bryant of Cookeville (whom he married Feb. 25, 1967 in Ames, Iowa); two sons and a daughter-in-law, Kevin Bryant of Nashville and Dr. Jerald and Tonya Bryant of Cookeville; two daughters and sons-in-law, Julie and Gary Gunter of Cookeville and Pamela and Brent Rumbley of Mt. Juliet; one brother and sister-in-law, John and Joan Bryant of Olympia, Wash.; and a sister, Dorothy Bryant of McMinnville; eight grandchildren, Ryan, Bethany and Katie Gunter, Luke, Daniel and Sarah Bryant, Samuel and Kaylee Rumbley.

The family will receive friends from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home and Monday from noon until time of services at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to Out Reach at Cookeville Church of the Nazarene, 360 South Old Kentucky Road, Cookeville, Tenn., 38501.