Jo Bryant

Wilma "Jo" Bryant, 86, of Amarillo, passed peacefully in her home on May 3, 2025.

The family will receive guests at Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at 11:00 am, at Llano Cemetery with Pastor Lyndal Waldrip of MORE Church presiding.

Jo was born in Memphis, Texas April 16, 1939 to Virgil and Clara Thompson. She had three older brothers, all deceased. The family lived in Twitty, Texas where her father was a farmer. The family later moved to Amarillo when she was nine years old.

While in Twitty as a young girl she attended church, sometimes alone. She accepted the Lord as her savior and was baptized in the Baptist church.

Jo attended and graduated from Amarillo High School in 1957. After high school she moved to Dallas and lived a couple of years then returned to Amarillo.

The love of her life Brent Bryant was born April 14, 1967 while she was employed at the smelter.

Later she married Jack Bryant in 1983 and he adopted Brent as his son.

Jack Passed away January 4, 1994

Jo had several jobs in her career, working in the dispatch room at the Amarillo Police Department to being a secretary of a local attorney. She attended Amarillo College and received her real estate license.

Jo was involved in Widow’s Persons services that had luncheons on Wednesday evenings at Luby’s cafeteria.

She read in the obituary of the passing of the wife of Milton Pool and sent him a letter inviting him to the luncheons.

They began dating and later married. Their life involved around traveling to different state fairs to Dallas Cowboys football games.

Jo read and studied her bible every day for hours. She truly loved and trusted her God.

She is survived by her son Brent Bryant, grandson Justin Bryant and Husband of twenty years Milton Pool