Connie Bryant

Connie Jo McClung Bryant passed away on November 11, 2026 after a brief illness.

Born March 14, 1942, Connie was the middle daughter of the late Granville and Virginia Quillen McClung. Connie grew up in Smoot on her parents’ cattle farm, Louconelo – (named for Gran and Virginia’s three daughters – Lou Ann, Connie, and Eloise.) Connie, a 1960 graduate of Smoot High School, obtained her bachelor’s degree from Concord College and a master’s degree from the WV College of Graduate Studies. Like her mother before her, Connie began her career as an elementary school teacher. At the time of her retirement she was principal of Ronceverte Elementary School.

Her professional achievements, however, paled in comparison to her roles as a devoted mother and loving grandmother.

Connie is survived by her husband, Curtis Bryant of Lewisburg; her son, Wesley Bryant and his wife Patty of Lewisburg; her granddaughter, Sydney Bryant of Lewisburg; her younger sister Eloise Elliott and husband Mark of Princeton, WV; her nephew, Todd Hylton of La Jolla, California and her nieces, Denna Zimmerman of Clifton, Virginia and Brooke Jackson of Blacksburg, Virginia.

In addition to her parents, Connie was predeceased by her older sister, Lou Ann Hylton, in 2015.

To honor Connie’s memory please read to your children, bake cookies with your grandchildren, and spend time with the people you love. Memorial donations may be made to Greenbrier Humane Society, 151 Holliday Lane, Lewisburg, WV 24901.

Visitation will be Saturday, November 14, 2026 at 1:00 with service following at 2:00 in the Wallace and Wallace Chapel, 884 N. Jefferson Street, Lewisburg, WV 24901.