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LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE but ry Bryant an Roy Bryant when —pvasf_ The couple married two years later in CH At the time of Till’s death[_____ }was —_ [ ] stooe{_ and weighed After Roy Bryant’s acquittal for murdering Till, the couple moved to | The couple | During their marriage, they had[ | children,[ Joys and{~Jeirl. One son, Roy Bryant Jr, died in 1995, [[____Jand currently tives wittf—]_ [and TT a | For purposes of clarity ae referred to af ——sdY throughout this report. re currently [| [hina resides Tn | | Roy Bryant was born on January 31, 1931 in Charleston, Tallahatchie County,. Mississippi. In 1955 Bryant was twenty-four years old, weighed one hundred-ninety pounds and was six feet tall, Bryant served in the U.S. Army with the 82nd Airborne Division as a paratrooper, enlisting in June 1950 and serving until his discharge in 1953. During August 1955 Roy and _—_—=igo= eae owned and operated Bryant's Grocery & Meat Market, located in the town of Money, Leflore County, and resided in living quarters located in the rear of the store. The business was owned by Roy Bryant and his half-brother, J.W. Milam. Roy Bryant also worked part-time for J.W. Milam, driving truck and delivering goods. While living in Orange, Texas Roy Bryant was trained in welding, at which he worked for . . oe bé -many years. After ee Bryant moved back to Mississippi and = 473¢ 24 LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI lt is the propecty of the FBE and is loaned to your agency, it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.