McCURTAIN, Okla. — Elzie C. Bryant, 92, of McCurtain died Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2004, in Stigler, Okla. He was a rancher and a coal miner and the widower of Cassie Bryant.

Funeral will be 2 p.m. Friday at McCurtain Assembly of God with burial at Milton Cemetery in Bokoshe under the direction of Mallory-Martin Funeral Home of Stigler.

He is survived by a daughter, Murlene Swanson of Whitney, Texas; two sons, Robert Bryant of Red Oak, Okla., and R.D. Bryant of McCurtain; nine grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Paul Orr, J.T. and Jerrod Hunter, Jimmy Cluck, Jerry Hensley and Bill Tackett.