Mildred Faulconer BRYANT

Mildred Faulconer Bryant

Mildred Faulconer Bryant, 84, of Madison Heights, passed away Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, at Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the wife of Mahlon S. Bryant Sr.

Born Sept. 17, 1924, in Amherst County, she was a daughter of the late Aubrey Farrar and Eva Hudson Faulconer. She was a member of Monroe United Methodist Church. She retired from Amherst County Public Schools after after more than 30 years of service. She graduated from Sweet Briar College at the age of 19 and then taught at Ferrum Junior College and later in Nansemond County before coming to Amherst County to teach English and Latin at Amherst County High School. She was a member of the Amherst Woman's Club and Daughter's of the American Revolution, and was an alumna of Sweet Briar College.

Mrs. Bryant is survived by her husband, Mahlon; one son, M. Scott Bryant Jr. and his wife, Doris, of Amherst; two granddaughters, Sarah Elizabeth Bryant and Deborah B. Mays and her husband, Jerry, all of Amherst; two great-grandchildren, James and Coy Mays; and one sister, Roselle F. Scales and her husband, Joseph, of Greenville, S.C. She was preceded in death by one brother, Aubrey F. Faulconer Jr.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008, at Monroe United Methodist Church, with the Rev. George Riggins officiating. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today, Oct. 1, 2008, at Diuguid Wiggington Chapel, 811 Wiggington Road, off Old Forest Road.

Interment will be in the Hudson Family Cemetery in Elon.

Memorial contributions may be made to Monroe United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 237, Monroe, VA 24574.

Diuguid Funeral Service, Wiggington Chapel, 811 Wigginton Road, (434) 385-8900, is serving the family. Online condolences may be sent to www.diuguidfuneral

service.com.