John Manly Bryan

John Manly Bryan, MD, age 83, formerly of Canyon and current resident of Dallas, passed away April 27, 2012.

Bryan was born at home February 7, 1929, in Clarendon. He was the son of Allen Jefferson Bryan and Virginia Margaret Manly (Dirky), and had one younger brother, Harry Eugene Bryan, who preceded him in death, May 1988.

He graduated from Clarendon High School in 1946. From 1946 to 1949 he attended and graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he met and later married Joanne Lotz on December 27, 1950, in Metropolis, Illinois.

He went on to Medical School at the University of Texas, Medical Branch, in Galveston, graduating in 1953. After an internship in Denver and a residency with the Public Health Service, Silver Springs, Maryland, in 1957 he and Jo returned to Canyon where he joined a physician group practice, practicing family medicine for 31 years.

He was one of the early physicians to become Board Certified by the American Academy of Family Physicians. While in Canyon, he was elected to numerous civic positions, and served as Mayor of Canyon for eight years beginning in 1970.

In 1988, he and Jo relocated to the Dallas area where he continued working in various medical positions until November 2011.

He is survived by his loving wife of 61 years, Jo; his sons Jay Bryan and wife Susan of Pentwater, Michigan, and Denny Bryan and wife Leanne of Graham; his six grandchildren, Bradley and Ashley Bryan, Abbott and Colby Oates, Aaron and Joanna Richison; four great-grandchildren, Jacob and Jocelyn Richison, Calvin Robrahn, and Hunter; his sister-in-law, Betty Moore and husband Billy; a nephew, Craig Bryan and wife Vicki; and a niece, Lynn Rosa and husband Duane of Amarillo.

Manly and Jo loved to travel and cook and traveled extensively with an eye for unique culinary ports-of-call. They counted themselves fortunate to have formed lifelong friendships with wonderful people wherever they lived or traveled.

Memorial services for Manly Bryan will be Friday, May 4, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. North Dallas Funeral Home, 2710 Valley View Lane, Dallas, Texas 75234. www.northdallasfuneralhome.com

For those wishing to remember Manly as a physician and a friend, donations may be made in his name to your favorite charity or to the American Heart or Lung or Cancer Association, and as flowers beautify the world and cheer the heart, they are also warmly appreciated.