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Carlton Wesley Bryson

A memorial service will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26, 1999, in Central Church of the Nazarene for Carlton Wesley Bryson, who died Oct. 21 of a heart attack at age 67.

Mr. Bryson was born Aug. 26, 1932, in LaCenter, Wash. He graduated from Ridgefield High School in 1950 and from Northwest Nazarene College in Nampa, Idaho, in 1954. He also earned master's degrees from the University of Oregon and Washington State University. He was a mathematics teacher at Benson High School for 35 years until his retirement in 1990, and was chairman of Benson's math department for 32 years. In 1970, he was chosen Oregon Teacher of the Year by the Oregon Department of Education. He was a member of the church. In 1954, he married Elsa Lou Slack.

Survivors include his wife; son, Philip M. of Austin, Texas; daughter, Jana B. Young of Portland; mother, Inez M. of Centralia, Wash.; brother, Gerald V. of Centralia; and five grandchildren.

Private interment will be in Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Vancouver, Wash. The family suggests remembrances to his church. Arrangements are by Memorial Gardens Funeral Home in Vancouver.

Oregonian, The (Portland, OR) - Tuesday, October 26, 1999

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Carlton W. Bryson

A math teacher who taught for 35 years at Benson High School in Portland and was chosen Oregon Teacher of the Year in in 1969-70, Carlton Wesley Bryson died Thursday, Oct. 21, 1999, in Portland. He was 67.

Mr. Bryson was born Aug. 26, 1932, in La Center, Wash., and lived in Portland for many years before moving to Vancouver in 1954.

He graduated from Ridgefield High School in 1950, from Northwest Nazarene College in Nampa, Idaho in 1954, and received advanced degrees from the University of Oregon and Washington State University.

He was an active member of Central Church of the Nazarene in Portland.

Survivors include his wife of 45 years, Elsa Lou, at home; his mother, Inez M. Bryson of Centralia, Wash.; one son, Philip M. of Austin, Texas; one daughter, Jana B. Young of Portland; one brother, Gerald V. of Centralia; and five grandchildren.

A memorial service will begin at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Central Church of the Nazarene. Evergreen Memorial Gardens Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Memorial contributions may be made to Central Church of the Nazarene, 9715 S.E. Powell Blvd., Portland, OR 97266.

Columbian, The (Vancouver, WA) - Sunday, October 24, 1999