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The Currie Funeral Home obituary
116 East Church Street
P. O. Box 1275
Kilmarnock, Virginia   22482
Phone: 804-435-1077
Fax: 804-435-9204

George F. Bryant
(January 3, 1931 - April 23, 2011)

George F. Bryant passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 23, 2011 at 80 years of age at Capital Caring Hospice in Arlington, Virginia due to pneumonia preceded by a long struggle with throat cancer. He was born in Olney, Illinois on January 3rd, 1931 and spent most of his formative years in Larchmont, New York. Mr. Bryant graduated from The Choate School in 1949, Williams College 1953 and received a Masters in Petroleum Geology from Texas A&M in 1958. After graduating from A&M, he was a lieutenant in the United States Air Force. During his time as a petroleum geologist with Amoseas and Texaco, Mr. Bryant lived and worked in Turkey; Libya; Western Sahara; Canary Islands; Australia; Papua New Guinea, Midland, Texas; New Orleans, Louisiana and settled in Rye, New York from 1977 to 1999. He later worked as head of International Oil Exploration for Amerada Hess Corp and then consulted for Caithness Corp. He retired to White Stone, Virginia in 1999 and to Vero Beach, Florida in 2008.

George loved history, music, sailing and serving as Commodore of the American Yacht Club in Rye, New York. He was also a member of MOAA.

Mr. Bryant is survived by his wife of 57 years, Barbara Archer Bryant; his son, George F. Bryant, Jr. of Rye, NY; his daughter Katherine B. Lynch of McLean, Virginia and five grandchildren. There will be a memorial service to celebrate his life at Historic Christ Church, Irvington, Virginia on Saturday, May 28th, 2011 at 11AM.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to either Historic Christ Church, P.O. Box 24, Irvington, VA 22480 or to the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, LCCC Development Office, 3300 Whitehaven Street, NW, Suite 4000, Washington, D.C. 20007.