Eunice Bryan

Mrs. Eunice B. Bryan, 91, of DeLand, Fla., formerly of Laytonsville, died on Monday, Aug. 9, 2004, at the Cloisters Retirement Community. She was the wife of the late W. Tarlton Bryan Sr., a dairy farmer and milk transporter, who died in 1981.

Born May 21, 1913, she was a daughter of the late Harvey and Edna Plummer Boswell. She was born in Laytonsville, and grew up in Brookeville, where her father was postmaster and proprietor of a country store. In 2002, she moved to DeLand from Leisure World in Silver Spring.

Mrs. Bryan had worked as a secretary for Montgomery County Public Schools for 23 years. She retired in 1974 having served as secretary to the principals at Sherwood High School and Col. Zadok Magruder High School.

She was a longtime member of Salem United Methodist Church in Brookeville, and the United Methodist Women in Florida. She attended Lake Helen United Methodist Church and its "Bible Bunch Women's Bible Study."

She is survived by a son, Walter T. Bryan Jr. of Linden, Va.; and a daughter, Janet Argenbright and husband Walter N. Argenbright Jr. of DeLand.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Wilton J. Boswell; and a sister, Alice Boswell Goode.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, Aug. 16, at 11 a.m. from the Salem United Methodist Church, 12 High St., Brookeville, where friends may visit from 10 a.m. until the time of service.

Interment will be in Burtonsville Union Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Salem United Methodist Church; or Lake Helen United Methodist Church, 111 W. Delaware Ave., Lake Helen, FL 32744.

Arrangements are by the Muriel H. Barber Funeral Home, Laytonsville.