Brant, John Murphy 'Johnnie'

1915 - 2011  (96 years)

• Name	Brant, John Murphy 'Johnnie'
  		John Murphy 'Johnnie' Brant (1915-2011)
  Birth	29 Jun 1915	Ingraham, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	BRAN.J005
  _FGRAVE	79288207
  Funeral	Ingraham Christian Church, Ingraham, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Death	24 Oct 2011	Flora Gardens Care Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Burial	Ingraham Cemetery, Ingraham, Clay County, Illinois   [3]
  		Headstone, Brant, Ina C. and Johnnie M.
  Person ID	I27523	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	Brant, John Davis,   b. 27 Dec 1873, Ingraham, Clay County, Illinois d. 24 Apr 1954, Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Murphy, Hattie Mae,   b. 19 Sep 1874, Bible Grove, Clay County, Illinois d. 13 Jul 1943, Ingraham, Clay County, Illinois (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	Y  [4, 5]
  Family ID	F3139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lewis, Ina Corrine,   b. 22 Sep 1918, Clay County, Illinois d. 9 Oct 2015, Flora Gardens Care Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	2 May 1937  [1, 2, 6]
  Children	> 1. Brant, Dwain 'Dean',   b. 18 Jul 1938, Ingraham, Clay County, Illinois d. 18 Oct 2020, Springfield Memorial Hospital, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois (Age 82 years) + 2. Brant, Donald Lee,   b. 4 May 1941, Clay County, Illinois d. 28 Apr 2007, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois (Age 65 years) > 3. Brant, D.
  Family ID	F11818	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 Jun 1915 - Ingraham, Clay County, Illinois Funeral - - Ingraham Christian Church, Ingraham, Clay County, Illinois Death - 24 Oct 2011 - Flora Gardens Care Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois Burial - - Ingraham Cemetery, Ingraham, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Johnnie M. Brant, 96, of Ingraham, died at 2:15 p.m. Monday, October 24, 2011, at Flora Gardens in Flora. Mr. Brant was born June 29, 1915, in Clay County, the son of John D. and Hattie (Murphy) Brant. He married Ina C. Lewis on May 2, 1937. She survives. He enjoyed farming. He also enjoyed playing his banjo, playing horseshoes and in later years piecing and embroidering quilts. He was a member of Ingraham Christian Church for 88 years. Mr. Brant is survived by his wife of 74 years, Ina Brant, of Ingraham; two sons, Dean Brant and his wife, Donna, of Louisville, and Dennis Brant and his wife, Janet, of Fairfield; daughter-in-law, Lou Anna Brant, of Clay City; eight grandchildren, Deanna Cox and her husband, John, of Concord, N.C., Shelley Murry and her husband, Ric, of Ringgold, Ga., Joshua Brant and his wife, Jackie, of Paris, Tina Patton and her husband, Jon, of Rockport, Ind., David Brant and his wife, Sheryl, of Cisne, John Brant, of Olney, Amy Kemp and her husband, Keith, of Oblong, and Andrew Brant and his wife, Rebecca, of Lincoln; 13 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Hattie Brant; one son, Donald; three brothers, Ellis, Leland and Carl; and three sisters, Marie, Lillian and Helen. Funeral services will be held at Ingraham Christian Church with Minister Carroll Lewis, Minister Darrel Brandon and Minister Ron Payne officiating. Burial will be in Ingraham Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Clay City Christian Church Youth Center or Ingraham Christian Church Building Fund. Condolences may be made at www.summers-kistler.com.

  
  

• Sources

  [S7888] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Brant, Johnnie M., 96, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=79288207), none. (Reliability: 2). [S2149] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois, District 13-18, image 11, page 6a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00441?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2). [S7889] https://www.findagrave.com/, Headstone, Brant, Ina C. and Johnnie M., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79288207/johnnie-murphy-brant), none. (Reliability: 2). [S6362] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Brant, Hattie M. and John D., (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Brant&GSiman=1&GScid=1978333&GRid=18377564&), none. (Reliability: 2). [S6363] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois, District 13-18, image 15, page 8a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00443/139754902?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return#?imageId=M-T0627) (Reliability: 2). [S8829] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Brant, Ina Corrine, 97, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=153457808), none. (Reliability: 2).