Fabris Bryant

Fabris Adine Bryant November 16, 1923 January 27, 2012 On January 27, 2012, Fabris Adine Bryant, 88 years young, departed this life and began her eternal life with her Savior Jesus Christ. Fabris was born on November 16, 1923, the first child and only daughter of Ermit Jefferson Sykes and Modenia Moody Sykes in Blooming Grove , Texas . She was raised on a sharecropper farm in Blooming Grove and attended school at Hog Eye School and at the Blooming Groves Schools. Both of her grandfathers, J.J. Sykes and I.W. Moody, were ministers and Fabris accepted Christ as a child and lived her entire life in the faith and knowledge of the Savior. Fabris met the love of her life, Kenneth Justin Bryant, when she was only five years old. She and Kenneth were boyfriend-girlfriend through high school and planned to marry after finishing their educations. Kenneth, two years senior to Fabris, finished his high school studies and had attended business college when World War II was declared in 1941 and he and Fabris were married on Valentines Day, 1942. In just eighteen days after her death, she and Kenneth would have celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. Fabris worked several different jobs during the war and during her lifetime but the one she took most to her heart was being a housewife and being mother to their children, William Jefferson Bryant and Deborah Dean Bryant Foster. One of their true loves in life was following the active lives of their children, Jeff in football and later law enforcement, and Deborah, a Waxahachie High Cherokee Charmer and professionally as assistant to a Dallas County Judge. The Bryants loved their churches and for their first twenty eight years living in Waxahachie (1966-1994) they served as members of Farley Street Bapist, then for the next fourteen as member of Heritage Baptist, and then due to their health and location, they returned as member of Farley Street Church in 2008. Fabris Bryant also loved serving in the Baylor Hospital Auxilliary and recently received her 25 year pin for her service. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth Bryant, and her children William Jefferson Jeff Bryant, and Deborah Dean Bryant Foster, all of Waxahachie. She has a loving daughter in law, Karen Bryant, and son in law, Stephen Foster. Mrs. Bryant is also survived by nine grandchildren: Jeffry Russell, Lowell Glenn Bryant, Tammi Bates, Stephen Foster, Jr., Stephanie Eitrheim, Phillip Justin Foster, Kelly Cravens, Julie Forgason, and Bryan Cravens. She has eighteen great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. She is also survived by several cousins, nieces and nephews, including special niece Becky Sykes and nephew Billy Sykes. Service to celebrate her life are scheduled for 10:00 AM Monday, January 30, 2012 at the Farley Street Baptist Church . Son in law Stephen Foster will deliver the eulogy and grand son and major league baseball coach Stephen Foster Jr. will deliver the sermon. Interment will follow at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Blooming Grove , Texas . Visitation with the family will be held from 4:00 to 6:00 PM Sunday, January 29, 2012 at Wayne Boze Funeral Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Wayne Boze Funeral Home www.waynebozefuneralhome.com

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