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Walter Pendleton “Tinkey” Bryan

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Birth	:	9 May 1892
Death	:	3 Jul 1973
Burial	:	Woodbine Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg City, USA
Coordinate	:	38.4480286, -78.8624420
Description	:	Harrisonburg Daily News Record July 5, 1973 Tinkey Bryan Dies On Retirement Day Walter Pendleton (Tinkey) Bryan of 801 Port Road, Harrisonburg died of an apparent heart attack only about an hour before he was to have retired Tuesday from the Chesapeake Western Railway in Harrisonburg. Mr, Bryan, who had worked for the railroad 41 years, was to have retired at 4:30 p.m., but was stricken at work at 3:10 p.m. and was dead on arrival at Rockingham Memorial Hospital. Railroad officials described Mr. Bryan as "one of the most loyal employees the C W Railway ever had." He was born in Parkersburg, W. Va.... Read More	Harrisonburg Daily News Record July 5, 1973 Tinkey Bryan Dies On Retirement Day Walter Pendleton (Tinkey) Bryan of 801 Port Road, Harrisonburg died of an apparent heart attack only about an hour before he was to have retired Tuesday from the Chesapeake Western Railway in Harrisonburg. Mr, Bryan, who had worked for the railroad 41 years, was to have retired at 4:30 p.m., but was stricken at work at 3:10 p.m. and was dead on arrival at Rockingham Memorial Hospital. Railroad officials described Mr. Bryan as "one of the most loyal employees the C W Railway ever had." He was born in Parkersburg, W. Va. and was a son of the late A. C. and Annie Memmel Bryan. His parents sent Tinkey, with an indentification tag tied around his neck, to Harrisonburg to live with his grandfather. His first railroad job was as pass agent with Wells Fargo. He later worked for the Southern Railway and also had been a brakeman for the Baltimore and Ohio. He joined the C W Railway in 1932 and had been vice president of the railroad and also of the Richmond-Harrisonbtirg Freight Line, which the C W owned. When former owner Don W. Thomas sold the railroad to the Norfolk and Western in 1954, Mr. Bryan became assistant superintendent. He held the post until his death and was in charge of track supplies and the bridge forces and also was claim clerk. "There would never have been a C W Railway if not for Tinkey Bryan," said a railroad spokesman. Mr. Bryan was a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church and recently was made a life member of the Harrisonburg Elks Lodge No. 450. On Nov. 21,1913 he married the former Julia V. O'Sullivan, who died June 21, 1959. Surviving are two sons, Lawrence P. Bryan of Harrisonburg and Leo S. Bryan of Stephens City; a sister, Mrs. Louise Trobaugh of Harrisonburg; nine grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. A requiem mass will be sung 10 a.m. Friday at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church by Father James Noto. Burial will be in Woodbine Cemetery. The Harrisonburg Elks will conduct graveside rites. The rosery will be said at 7:30 p.m. today at the Lindsay Funera; Home by Father Noto. The family will receive friends at the funeral home following the service. Pallbearers will be Richard W. Presgraves, Dr. C. L Cease, Robert McGuire, Michael W. Franke, W. Eldridge Wilburn, Ray M. Frye, Martin L. Stroble and James E. Hoy Jr. Elks and C. W. Railway employes will be honorary pallbearers. Relatives will meet at the funeral home 9:40 a.m. Friday.

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Longitude: -78.8624420

Family Members:

Parent

Annie May Memel Bryan

(1871 - 1956)

Spouse

Julia Vera O'Sullivan Bryan

(1898 - 1959)

Siblings

Henry Cuthbert Bryan

(1892 - 1933)

Mary Louisa Bryan Trobaugh

(1897 - 1978)

Charles Blandford Bryan

(1899 - 1918)

Children

Infant Bryan

(unknow - 1915)

Leo Sullivan Bryan

(1922 - 1986)

Lawrence Pendleton Bryan

(1923 - 2004)

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