James B. "JB" Jim Bryan

JAMES B "JIM" BRYAN, 68, FORMER K647 WITH THE KANSAS BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS, PASSED AWAY AT SUSAN B ANTHONY HOSPITAL IN EL DORADO, KS AFTER A BATTLE WITH

JIM ATTENDED COFFEYVILLE JR COLLEGE AND GRADUATED FROM KLETC. HE SERVED AS A DEPUTY SHERIFF IN SEDGWICK AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES, AS WELL AS A PATROL OFFICER WITH COFFYVILLE PD, BEFORE BECOMING CHIEF IN FREDONIA. FROM THERE HE JOINED THE
KBI, WITH DUTY STATIONS IN TOPEKA AND MCPHERSON. AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, HE LATER SERVED AS SHERIFF IN MCPHERSON COUNTY.

AT THE TIME OF HIS PASSING HE WAS A RESIDENT OF WICHTA. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS DAUGHTER, KIMBERLY OF OVERLAND PARK, AND HIS SON JAMES T "TIM", WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR BUTLER COMMUNITY COLLEGE. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER, JAMES R BRYAN, WHO WAS A LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR FOR KANSAS WILDLIFE AND PARKS.

NO SERVICES WILL BE HELD. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO: KANSAS PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, P.O. BOX 2592, WICHITA, KS 67201

AUTH CHIEF TIM BRYAN, BUTLER COMMUNITY COLLEGE DEPT OF SAFETY, 901 S HAVERHILL RD, EL DORADO, KS

Obituary for James B Bryan

James “JB” Bryan, 68, Retired Law Enforcement Officer and Former Vice-President of Huber Supply, Inc., passed away on January 10, 2016 after courageously fighting diabetes and cancer. Bryan served as a deputy sheriff in Sedgwick and Montgomery Counties, a patrol officer and detective with the Coffeyville KS Police Department, and as the Chief of Police for Fredonia, KS, before joining the Kansas Bureau of Investigation as a Special Agent. He was later Sheriff of McPherson County KS.

His survivors include: son, James Timothy “JT”, Daughter in law, Elizabeth, of Auburn, AL and grandson “JD” of LaGrange GA. Daughter, Kimberly, Son in Law, Kelt, and grandchildren Paige, Jack, and Nick of Overland Park, KS, and former wife and friend, Lee Donna Cranor, of Georgetown, TX, and brother Chuck “Dallas” Bryan of Thayer, KS. Preceded in death by father James R., mother Betty, Brother Joseph, and Sister Betsy.

Past member of the Midian Shrine, International Association of Chiefs of Police, and USA Homeland Security Advisory Committee. No services are planned, with final interment to be in Anthony, KS. Carlson Funeral Home is serving the family

Memorials are suggested to the Kansas Peace Officers Association, P.O. Box 2592, Wichita, KS 67201, or the Shriners Hospital for Children, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, FL 33607. Please sign his online guestbook and leave a memory of Jim at www.carsloncolonial.com.