FORT WORTH, Texas — Thurmon E. Bryant, a longtime missionary to Brazil and a former senior administrator of the Foreign Mission Board (FMB), now International Mission Board, died July 27 in Fort Worth, Texas. He was 74.
A native of Claud, Okla., Bryant and his wife, the former Doris Morris of Sudan, Texas, were appointed by the FMB in 1958.
As an evangelist, pastor and founding president of a seminary in Sao Paulo, Bryant’s influence continues to ripple through Brazilian lives, said Jerry DeOliveira, a longtime colleague.
Bryant was a graduate of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. During a two-year break in missionary service, he served as professor of religion and director of in-service training at William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo.
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