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Note: !BIRTH: 3 MAY 1917, Siluria,,Alabama. Her family was on the way to the hospi- tal in Birmingham, but were forced to stop in Siluria since time was up. !CONFIRMATION: March 16, 1970, St. Jude's - Sponsor: Mrs. Anna Mae Kennedy. !MARRIAGE: 17 Aug 1968 St. Jude's Catholic Church, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA. !RELIGION: Bought up in the Methodist Church, but converted to Catholicism after marriage to compiler. Was baptized by Rev. Paul Bourne, a Trappist monk and longtime friend of this compiler at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit at Conyers GA. She received her first Holy Communion on the main altar at midnight Mass on Easter Sunday - not only the first person to receive, but also the first female ever at the main altar. !MILITARY: Served as a SPAR in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II with duty in the Coast Guard Intelligence in New York City. Yeoman 2nd Class. !BUSINESS CAREER: Prior to 1968 was active in the advertising business in radio and in advertising agency work in Atlanta, Georgia. !RESIDENCES: Bessemer AL, Birmingham AL, Atlanta GA, Berkeley Lake GA, Linville NC, Marathon FL, Key West FL, Sun City Center Fl. !SOURCE(1): Her personal knowledge and that of this compiler - her second husband. !OBITUARY: (copy) Lee Bryant Weaver, 81 of Sun City Center, Florida passed away at her residence on November 19, 1998 under the loving care of LifePath Hospice. A Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, November 23 with the Rev. Dr. Harold Bumpus as Celebrant. She was born, Lovis Lee Bryant, May 3, 1917, Siluria, Alabama, daughter of the late Thomas Luther Bryant and his wife, the late Alma Alsaide Satcher. Her family was on the way to the hospital in Birmingham, but were forced to stop in Siluria since time was up. She was married to Laurence A. Weaver, Jr. Aug 17, 1968 St. Jude's Catholic Church, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. She was a convert to Catholicism, was Confirmed March 16, 1970, at St. Jude's. Was baptized Easter Eve by the late Rev. Paul Bourne, a Trappist monk and longtime friend of her husband at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit at Conyers Georgia. She received her first Holy Communion on the main altar of the Monastery Chapel at midnight Mass on Easter Sunday - not only the first person to receive at that Mass, but also the first female ever admitted to the main altar of the Monastery. She was a member of Prince of Peace Catholic Church. Prior to her marriage to Mr. Weaver, she was a business woman active in radio and TV as well as the advertising agency business in Atlanta. In World War II, she served as a SPAR in the U.S. Coast Guard assigned to Coast Guard Intelligence in New York City. Was discharged as a Yeoman 2nd Class. Was a member of the American Legion Post 246 and of the South Bay Genealogical Association. In addition to her husband, she leaves a brother, Thomas L. Bryant, Jr.of Adamsville, Alabama. Interment will be in West View Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia. The family requests that those who wish may make a memorial donation to LifePath Hospice, 1647 Sun City Center Plaza, Suite 104, Sun City Center, Fl 33573 or Monastery of the Holy Spirit, 2625 Highway 212 S.W., Conyers, Ga 30094 in her memory.
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