The pictures on the wall hold him. We can't just have anybody who is named Paul or William or even Bryant showing up and trying to sneak into the group. "He won't make it without coaching.". There is certainly regret in Bryant's choice of devotional. According to the state Department of Insurance, Alabama Re had $240 million in admitted assets, a five person board headed by Bryant, and just two full-time employees. 1983 Press Photo Alabama-Fans watching T.V. His voice loses its pitch and clarity, sort of like he's got a mouth full of pea gravel. The collection also contains associated newspaper clippings, job sheets, and hand-written photographers' notes. The patrolman understood and backed off. Kobe Bryant Family Settles Photo Lawsuit For $28.5 Million Bear Bryant had died, and as the news went out on the radio -- the man's voice cracked when he said, "Ladies and gentlemen " -- Varner stood in the hallway of the Druid City Hospital with nowhere to go. [7], He served on the board of trustees of the University of Alabama[3][6] until September 2015 and previously served as its chairman. Research Account set-up and use instructions can be found at: http://libguides.uky.edu/SCRCaccount, Wyatt, John C.Lexington Leader (Lexington, Ky. : Daily)Lexington Herald-LeaderLexington Herald (Firm). Eight husky players carried Paul 'Bear' Bryant to his - UPI [1][2], Bryant graduated from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama with a degree in Commerce in 1966. Some images' dates are unknown and cannot be searched by date. He's a 1978 national champion. Don Siegelman moved in 2000 to have Bryant considered for the board, some legislators protested, saying the vacant seat had been promised to be filled by an alumnus of the UA system's Birmingham campus, UAB. The family of the late Kobe Bryant has agreed to a $28.5 million settlement with Los Angeles County to resolve the remaining claims in a lawsuit over deputies and firefighters sharing grisly photos of the NBA star, his 13-year-old daughter and other victims killed in a 2020 helicopter crash, attorneys and court filings said Feb. 28, 2023. All in the family: how three generations of Jaquezes have ruled West Coast basketball, Alonso says Aston 'living a dream,' eyes podium, LIVE Transfer Talk: Bayern still keen on Kane despite new Choupo-Moting contract, Top moments from Brady, Manning, Jordan and other athletes hosting 'Saturday Night Live'. Lexington (Ky.) -- Social life and customs. 1983 Press Photo Alabama-Fans climb tree to watch "Bear" Bryant's funeral. The funeral service at the First Methodist Church in Tuscaloosa was deeply religious, with little reference to Bryant's career or character. All rights reserved. Bryant has been called by critics "Little Bear" or "cub," terms which seemed aimed at diminishing him compared to his legendary father, who Bryant calls "Papa. The university sells houndstooth beach balls and houndstooth pool floats, which you can enjoy with an adult beverage kept cold by a houndstooth huggie. "That's him," she says, standing so he can sit. His voice is deep and trails off when he's unsure. "There was so much going on," he says. Several red and white banners reading 'We Love You, Bear' flapped from interstate overpasses as the motorcade rolled by. "It was so quiet. Today his memories seem to orbit around the idea of protecting Bryant from some unseen enemy. Croakies to hold sunglasses, cuff links, purses, both the kind with handles and clutches. She picks back up the conversation about Bryant, and Billy sits across the narrow room, listening. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. "What's your name?" His voice becomes higher-pitched, quick but not rushed, with confidence in the direction of the words, without the long pauses to read the maps inside his mind. Paul William Bryant Jr. was born circa 1945. Cities and towns -- Growth -- Kentucky -- Lexington. "He could eat pheasant under glass with the president," he said, "or he could eat cheese and crackers with the boys out by the caddie shack, and he'd enjoy it all just the same. Bryant got the name right; "Susie" was scrawled on the outside. Business districts -- Kentucky -- Lexington. Paul William Bryant (1913 - 1983) - Genealogy - geni family tree Robert Witt has worked with Bryant for the last 10 years, first as UA president and more recently as chancellor of the UA system. Bryant said he was invited by the board members to fill the vacant seat. Bryant's inner circle, those who knew the man, is surrounded by reminders of this. Paul W. Bryant is dying for the second time, and one day, in the not-so-distant future, only The Bear will remain. "Yes, sir, we've got Paul and Bryant covered right there in one house.". He told me one time, if somebody comes up and shoots me, they're gonna shoot you first. Varner drove over, helped get Bryant to the hospital. Getty. All rights reserved (About Us). Billy saw him weak and insecure. It follows the changing urban landscape of Lexington, the agricultural, tobacco and horse racing industries, key national events such as World War II and Vietnam, as well as notable regional and national figures. "It's exactly like that," Hilburn added. "Do you remember?". The scope of the collection highlights the day to day activities of Kentuckians. People contact us all the time, and we ask them to fill out a form with their birthdate, a little family history and a specific section to fill out that starts with, 'This is the story of me or my child being named for Coach Bryant ' That allows us to do a little research and verify it. . coverage of "Bear" Bryant's service. This urge to protect, probably born from seeing the Saturday Evening Post erroneously accuse the coach of fixing a game, is also erasing something. He is survived by his wife Sylvia Mohamed-Bryant, parents Paul Dean Bryant Sr.. PAUL BRYANT OBITUARY Paul Dean Bryant Jr., 47, of El Mirage, Arizona, passed away on April 15, 2006. Paul W. Bryant's income mostly comes from and basic source is being a successful American businessman. Lexington Leader (Lexington, Ky. : Daily), [Identification of item], John C. Wyatt Lexington Herald-Leader photographs, 1936-1990,2004AV001, Special Collections and Digital Programs, University of Kentucky Libraries,Lexington, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center. [1] In 1973, the newspapers were purchased by the Knight-Ridder Corporation and in 1983 were merged into a single, morning paper that is still published as The Lexington Herald-Leader. Accessed March 4, 2023. https://lhlphotoarchive.org/ark:/16417/th71m0q2fr6vl, Researchers are required to have an SCRC Researcher Account in order to request or order digital copies of materials. By 1977, he established GreeneTrack, dog racing track located in Greene County, Alabama,[1] with A. Wayne May, a veterinarian, and Sam Phelps, a lawyer. just to see how many people would turn around. Four years later, Billy was bartending at the Tuscaloosa Country Club. Thereafter, he has been chairman of the Crimson Tide Foundation since its inception. Mrs. Bryant was dressed in a simple black dress and veil. Associations, institutions, etc. Welcome to the 23rd annual Paul W. Bryant Namesake Reunion, where the only requirement to attend is that you or a member of your immediate family is willingly and lovingly -- sometimes strategically -- named for the coach known as "Bear." Coach Bear Bryant at the 1982 Liberty Bowl football game in Memphis, Tennessee. Alabama-Fans climb tree to watch "Bear" Bryant's funeral. Assistant Alabama Coach Kent Johnston said 'The family picked them. City Editor Ken Roberts contributed to this report. The next morning, on Jan. 26, Varner ran errands, taking Bryant's daughter to the hospital and dropping off a to-do list at the office for Knowles. But it appeared they had leaned toward quickness instead -- only two of the pallbearers weighed over 200 pounds, although all were remarkably muscular. He looked out the window at the river and the bridge to Arkansas, which led eventually to the place where his journey began: a four-room house without electricity or running water. PAUL BRYANT OBITUARY Paul Dean Bryant Jr., 47, of El Mirage, Arizona, passed away on April 15, 2006. Our bank that we've got now, he said, we started to try to be in communities where my family lives and will live and have it kind of be a legacy thing to be involved in the community stuff that your community banks do. They have three daughters: Stella Gray Bryant Sykes, Mae Martin Bryant Murray, and Anna Laurie Bryant McKibbens, all graduates of The University of Alabama, and three grandchildren. Behind the University of Alabama's football resurgence is a Little Bear Some wore Alabama caps and others were . B 1; a guy who for years has been hostile to Blazer football out of fear it might one day challenge the thing his iconic father, Paul "Bear" Bryant, raised to the pinnacle of success. Connelly's C-USA preview, part 2: Which returning teams could rule new-look league? Varner never felt comfortable enough to strike up conversations with Bryant, but he could poke at the Legend of The Bear. The family had asked that cameras be barred from the services. "Don't tell me he's dead.". That's nothing. It was perhaps the most oddly attired gathering of mourners the cemetery had ever seen. The walls are covered with certificates and mementos of his service. Which non-quarterback group will define each top-25 team's season? Paul Bryant was the 11th of Wilson Monroe and Ida Kilgore Bryant's 12 children born in Moro Bottom, Cleveland County, Arkansas. Paul W. Bryant Jr. - Wikipedia A crowd of 5,000 -- many dressed as though for an Alabama football game -- watched in eerie silence as the grim-faced young pallbearers carried Bryant's flower-blanketed casket to the grave. Facebook gives people the power. They reached the end together, sitting in a 14th-floor suite of the Memphis Holiday Inn. Patsy Abbott said it pointedly -- like, literally pointing at her grandson as he waited to build a bear. "I keep trying to call that the Indian Hills football team. February 22, 1991 to January 2, 1993. His voice might be what affects her most. Bear Bryant dies of heart attack - UPI Archives "I always did want me the old-timey ice cream freezer," she says. Throughout his time on the board, he was a member of the Physical Properties Committee including nine years as chairman, during which more than 360 physical properties projects were completed with a total value exceeding $2 billion. another $13 mil or so, in fact, which now . The Bear wore houndstooth. Bryant announced last week that he was retiring after this game, which marks his 323rd victory. It was a hand-me-down. Former Data Analyst - Consultant at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida - Jacksonville. He was 18. The roots of this bond, like many things with Bryant, are full of mystery, myth and misinformation. After the game, on Dec. 30, Varner drove Bryant back to Tuscaloosa. The Huntsville Times, Graveside services are held in Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham, Ala. for Alabama football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, Jan. 28, 1983. TideIllustrated - Paul Bryant Jr.: A legacy of his own After services in Tuscaloosa, Bryant was brought to Elmwood Cemetery for interment. Bryant's image. Any William needs to be prepared to really make his or her case to be included, but many have successfully done so. 2004av001. Later that night, she'd get the inevitable call. When Alabama football is winning, it's just better. They made small talk in the car, nothing about the life's work that had just ended. It was the first and only time he heard Bryant talk like that, and he realized that maybe his boss was a lonely man. Inside she found $500 and a note. The history of it kind of came up with lobbyists who worked for UAB at the time, some other people opposing my being on the board and it got to be kind of, sort of, a fight.. Bryant also has a keen interest in the Civil War, and serves as chairman emeritus of the Civil War Preservation Trust, a national historic battlefield preservation organization. As she stands by the office exhibit, the speakers to her left loop audio of Bryant reading that devotional: "What I do today is very important because I am exchanging a day of my life for it. His nickname stemmed from his having agreed to wrestle a captive bear during a theater promotion when he was 13 years old. "My dad says he named me Bryant so that I wouldn't grow up to be an Auburn fan. ", As high school student Cameron Bryant Collier mingled with incoming Alabama freshman Bryant Edward Rich (as you've likely figured out, the reunion crowds skew very young), Leonard Bryant Jackson joked that he was going to yell out "Hey, Bryant!" The newspapers had a combined Sunday edition, but their editorial policies remained quite different. They are retired ones that mostly just get loving, pets.. ", Paul 'Bear' Bryant's name persists in Alabama fans, Inside the big-money battle that could decide the ACC's future. I didn't use it but one time. To Bryant's right are his daughters Stella Gray and Anna Laurie. In a brief graveside service, the crowd recited the 23rd Psalm and the Lord's Prayer and then Bryant's family left, with the mourners straggling behind and the simple pine casket still beside the grave. Barra wrote the best biography of Bryant, "The Last Coach," and even in his book, there is a Paul-sized hole at the center of the narrative. [9] A CBS story from December 2014 reported that Bryant Jr. was partially responsible for shuttering the UAB Football program, reportedly over a long-standing grudge with Gene Bartow over a 1991 letter to the NCAA[10] - and "out of fear it might one day challenge" the football program his father had built.[11]. Paul 'Bear' Bryant's gift that keeps on giving at Alabama Kentucky football coach Paul 'Bear' Bryant poses with his family, Paul Jr. at center with their pet dachshund, and his wife Mary, right, at their home in Lexington, Kent., Feb. 5, 1954. He was working for Charlie Finley, who was a Birmingham native who had made a gazillion dollars in pharmaceuticals and became quite a character in baseball, said Kirk McNair, who was a sports writer in Birmingham at the time, and who became a longtime Bryant family friend. Alabama Booster Paul Bryant Jr. Has Ties to Insurance Fraud Scheme ", The official records show Varner started working for the university police in February 1976, but he'd been around for a decade or more by then, floating in the shadows. There are also a ton of Pauls and Paulas. Close friend Jimmy Hinton died a year ago; former assistant and confidant Clem Gryska died last month. The 69-year-old Bryant died Wednesday of a heart attack. 1983 Press Photo Alabama-Man mourns at Coach "Bear" Bryant's funeral site. Yes, Bear died, but He is risen. I didn't do either of those. Bear Bryant Wife And Family - Mixedarticle 1983 Press Photo Alabama-Air view of Coach "Bear" Bryant's funeral procession, Alabama-Air view of Coach "Bear" Bryant's funeral procession The Birmingham News, Mae Martin Bryant Tyson, Stella Gray, Anna Laurie, The daughter of Alabama coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, Mae Martin Bryant Tyson, left, and son Paul Bryant Jr., right, attend a memorial service on the campus at Tuscaloosa, Ala., Jan. 27, 1983. Paul W. Bryant Jr. sat down recently for a rare interview, giving insight into his involvement with UA athletics - both real and rumored - as well as a revealing glimpse into his personality, his background and the school's growth during his time on the board of trustees. He not only participated in the creation of this visual resource but he was also responsible for the organization and intellectual control of the collection. Paul Bryant | Facebook Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. ", There were also no Sabans at the reunion. While Bryant won't talk about it, it is believed he has given millions more to UA for non-athletic needs. Conduct JAR & JAD sessions with the user community in terms of the submissions of process flows and data structures for respective C++ technical programmers and ICASE practitioners. The pictures seem to anchor him. (AP Photo/Tannen Maury), Football star Joe Namath talks with the widow of Alabama coach Paul Bear Bryant at the Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham on Friday, Jan. 28, 1983. Even Knowles sheepishly admits she has a houndstooth umbrella. Jack Rutledge asked carefully. Had he done that, one of those who answered back would have been Paul Francis Murray of Mobile. I'd park the car. Neither man spent much time with his family. Paul Bryant has stepped up for this project like he . A half-hour or more has passed. Breaking down the latest in 2024 football recruiting, from top commits to March visits, The Turnover Luck Index: Rating every 2022 team, from USC to Rutgers, Kiper's updated NFL mock draft: Who's moving up for a QB? Unnamed sources later said if Bryant had the votes he would kill the football program. He was there with his daughter, Carlin Bryant Parker, who was obsessed with those carnival games. Nobody ever has a plan. He focuses on the shot from the Liberty Bowl. I always thought about that. They married right out of high school. [1] His father, Bear Bryant, was an American football player and coach. T Miss Mae Martin Bryant, daughter of Couch and Mrs. Paul Bryant, gives holiday tea. he man Billy Varner is remembering has very little in common with the Bryant who is beloved by so many Alabama fans. The extended family includes about a dozen hunting dogs, who are kept at Bryant's farm in Greene County. Alabama-Air view of cemetery at "Bear" Bryant's funeral. But many mourners wore crimson and white, the colors of the Crimson Tide. The price for memories is regret, and somewhere in the middle of all this, Billy considers how he spent his life. Currently, Bryant is president of the privately held holding company, Greene Group, Inc. which has operated a multi-state business engaged in reinsurance, finance, leasing, par-mutual racing, casino management, cattle ranching, aquaculture, catfish processing and distribution, fuel distribution, outdoor recreation, wildlife management, and concrete/aggregate construction. S What was 'Bear' Bryant's retirement plan? It involved the Red Sox and "Coach Bryant isn't dead," he'll say. That's the man I'll always remember.". It is the most extensive, single collection of still photographic images documenting Lexington's 20th Century history in existence. When an assistant coach told him in 1970 that Vince Lombardi had died, Bryant spoke of regrets, and it shocked his friend. Bryant, who was born in Birmingham when his mother was living there with her parents while his father was serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, is a 1966 graduate of UA with a degree in finance. Being unable to play football, he said, would have made it impossible for him to have the standing to coach the game. 'Bear' Bryant's son has new details of coach's final game at Liberty Bowl Coach Pat Dye talks with unknown person. He led efforts to upgrade and expand the football stadium which bears his dad's name. Another large circulating newspaper during this time was the Kentucky Leader (formed by a group of Fayette County Republicans in 1888) which eventually became known as the Lexington Leader in 1901. He never talked about the private things he'd seen. S He only serves on one committee, but he does carry some influence with other board members. But many mourners wore crimson and white, the colors of the Crimson Tide. That's what the annual namesake reunion is all about, bringing the living tributes together to create a sense of crimson-blooded community among those linked by their labels. Place kicker Peter Kim is at top right. In his hospital room, Bryant was joking with the nurses. Help me understand the power of Paul Bryant, Jr. | SEC Rant Hundreds of others gathered silently outside the Methodist church to wave goodbye when Bryant's body was loaded into a hearse for the trip to Elmwood Cemetery. KATIE J. BUSH SUFFOLK -Katie Jane Bush, 74, died. He's following me. I'd travel with him to the games. ", These are the stories she can tell. Married with three daughters, Bryant is known to be a student of American history, especially the Civil War. The argument clearly did not convince Watts or trustees. They greet one another by saying "Doctor " "Doctor " "Doctor " "Doctor " in a round-robin introduction that ends up with the title being used 24 times. But while the younger Bryant never coached, he has used his personal fortune to support UA to the tune of millions of dollars in donations -- $20 million to the UA football program alone during his time as a trustee. Later he started other tracks in Idaho and Texas and made millions in the process. The Birmingham News. As always, Varner stood in the background. NHL trade deadline: Winners and losers, including the Bruins, Devils and Bruce Boudreau? Sometimes Bryant visits. The sound gets louder. Varner went home to rest, and that's where he was when the phone rang again. It's difficult to understand if you're not from here, but when football isn't doing well it kind of hurts, the whole state is kind of in a funk. "Right there with the hat on, in the middle. John C. Wyatt Lexington Herald-Leader photographs. All rights reserved (About Us). He took a month off, trying to figure out how Coach Bryant would tell him to deal with his grief. The Bear, the rough-faced legend on the video board, was predestined to be great. I spend virtually all my time in Greene County, Bryant said. Four loud slaps. Chester County 9/11 Responder Honored At Phillies Game There is, always, a disconnect between the few people who miss Paul and the legion who worship The Bear. Vanessa Bryant just received a heck of a lot more money from L.A. County after her initial $15 million win last year . "So little coming out of it. SUFFOLK - Paul Bryant Jr., 67, retired employee of Perry Lumber Co., died Saturday, Dec. 14, 1996. usie Varner answers the door. Bryant asked whether there might be enough for him. You miss a lot of things you shouldn't miss.". Paul started reading a devotional in the final two years of his life that said, in part, "When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever, leaving something in its place I have traded for it.".
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