Jack D. Bryant

Jack David Bryant, age 89, of Cohasset, passed away peacefully on December 20, 2016 at home surrounded by loved ones. Mr. Bryant was the loving husband of Vernita W. (Williams) Bryant, the devoted father of Saadia R. Bryant of Brighton and Jeffrey C. Bryant of Weymouth and adoring grandfather of AJ Bryant also of Weymouth. Devoted son of the late Johnnie Bryant and Joseph Bryant of Dowagiac, MI and loving brother of the late Joseph Bryant Jr.  He is also survived by his nieces and nephews; Jerome Bryant and his wife Canary of Vicksburg, MI, Yvonne Mourning of South Bend, IN., Yvette Bryant of Lansing, MI., Yonee Kuiphoff and her husband Doug of Grand Rapids, MI, Yolanda Searles of Kalamazoo, MI and their respective families.

Mr. Bryant was a veteran of World War II, serving in the US Army Air Forces as a Tuskegee Airman. He earned his BS in Engineering in 1951 from University of Michigan, an MS in Engineering Management in 1976 from Northeastern University. He was awarded an Honorary PhD in Engineering from Northeastern University in 2013.  Jack was the founder and President of Bryant Associates, Inc., a multidisciplinary professional services firm providing engineering, surveying and construction management services.

Jack was a member of the New England Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen, the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Assoc. and the Academy of Fellows of Society of American Military Engineers.  He was the former President of Downtown North Assoc. and The Boston Post of Society of Military Engineers. He was a former Board member of American Road & Transportation Builders Assoc., and of  Middlesex Bank and Trust.

In 2000, Mr. Bryant was awarded the Freeman Award from the Providence Engineering Society, in 2007 the Congressional Medal of Honor as a member of the Tuskegee Airman and in 2012, the President’s Award from the Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council. In his spare time, he enjoyed listening to music, gardening, building model trains at the South Shore Model Railway Club and telling stories.

Friends and Family will gather to honor Jack at visiting hours on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016 from 4-8 pm in McNamara-Sparrell Funeral Home, 160 So . Main Street (across from St. Anthony Church), Cohasset. A Memorial Service will be celebrated on Thurday, Dec. 29, 2016 at 11 am in the First Parish Church, 23 No. Main St. Cohasset Commons, MA. 02025.

In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made in Jack’s memory to the Massachusetts Salvation Army, Attn: Development Dept., 25 Shawmut Road, Canton, MA 02021or https://give.salvationarmyusa.org.

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