BlankMemorial Day WWII honor for James Morris Bryant : I would like to honor the memory of, my daddy, James Morris Bryant He was born in 1918 in Mt Vernon , Mobile County AL, raised in Mobile Mobile County and in Evergreen, Conecuh County, Alabama and died July 1988. He lived for many years in Monroeville, Alabama. He is buried in Magnolia Cemetery Evergreen, Conecuh County, Alabama . Daddy spent all of his young years living with his maternal grandparents, James Edward Morris and Ella Quennie Hartley Morris due to the death of his mother Gladys Morris Bryant when he was only 31 days old. His mother died during the flu epidemic of 1918-1919. After his grandparents both died he made his home with his aunt James Edward Morris ( aunt Eddie) and uncle Seaborn J. Brundage in Evergreen, Alabama. Daddy fought in WWII with the U S Army. He slept in the fox holes and rode with the Red Ball Express as a radio operator, he experienced the front line of many campaigns and battles. He followed George Patton and felt it was his duty to fight for the protection of the United States of America, land that he loved. He returned to the USA and mustered out of the service in Texas where his only sister, Ethel Elizabeth Bryant Wilson lived. She had been reared by her father Joshua Bryant Jr. until his death in July 1926, after his death she lived with her paternal grandparents Josh and Elizabeth Hays Bryant in Mt Vernon , Alabama.. My daddy loved his country and stood by the train tracks as the trains carried young men to the Korean War and cried because he wanted to go with the "kids" as he called them when the Korean war was taking the young men to battle. He cried and said "They are just kids, I need to go to help them".....but he stayed to be with my mother, me and my younger brother because we needed his too. He was honored with the United States Flag draping his coffin when he died and was buried in July 1988 in Magnolia Cemetery Evergreen Alabama. James Morris Bryant was my hero and loving daddy, he served his country for 9 years in the US Army. Memorial day honors all that served in the many wars..Bless them and the courage it took to fight for what they believed in. God Bless the USA and all the Service men that honor us with their pride and trust and their brave courage to protect us. I love you daddy.