Helen Bryant

Helen C. Bryant HAMPTON - Helen C. Bryant, 87, died Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Born in Watertown, S.D., and raised in La Crosse, Wis., Helen had been a Hampton resident since 1943 when she moved here to work as a draftswoman at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (now NASA). Helen was always very active and took on a variety of leadership roles at her children's schools, various clubs and civic organizations, and her church. Helen will be remembered for her love of life, many lifelong, treasured friendships, and for her many talents - especially as a seamstress extraordinaire. From the time she first arrived in Hampton, the church played an important role in Helen's life. She first attended Central United Methodist Church, where she met her husband Marvin, but Bethany United Methodist Church became her home. She was very active in the church and her many contributions there will live on. Helen was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin Lee Bryant and her son, Thomas Carl Bryant; survivors include her son, Timothy D. Bryant of Gloucester; her daughter, Carla J. Bryant and her husband Jim Farrington of Hampton; and a grandson, Justin D. Bryant. A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, April 12, at Bethany United Methodist Church on Todds Lane in Hampton by the Rev. Arthur Rajanayakam. Interment will follow in Parklawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday at R. Hayden Smith Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Bethany United Methodist Church, 1509 Todds Lane, Hampton, VA 23666.