John Manly Bryan M.D. (Manly), age 83, formerly of Canyon, Texas, current resident of Dallas, Texas, passed away April 27, 2012. He was born at home February 7, 1929 in Clarendon, Texas.He was the son of Allen Jefferson Bryan and Virginia Margaret Manly (Dirky), and had one younger brother, Harry Eugene Bryan (Gene), who preceded him in death, May, 1988.He graduated from Clarendon High School in 1946. From 1946 to 1949 he attended and graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he met and later married Joanne Lotz (Jo) on December 27, 1950 in Metropolis, Illinois.He went on to Medical School at the University of Texas, Medical Branch, in Galveston, Texas, graduating in 1953. After an internship in Denver and a residency with the Public Health Service, Silver Springs, Maryland, in 1957 he and Jo returned to Canyon, Texas where he joined a physician group practice, practicing Family Medicine for 31 years. He was one of the early physicians to become Board Certified by the American Academy of Family Physicians. While in Canyon he was elected to numerous civic positions, and served as Mayor of Canyon for eight years beginning in 1970. In 1988 he and Jo relocated to the Dallas area where he continued working in various medical positions until November, 2011.He is survived by his loving wife of 61 years, Jo; his sons Jay Bryan (Susan) of Pentwater, Michigan and Denny Bryan (Leanne) of Graham, Texas; his 6 grandchildren (Bradley and Ashley Bryan, Abbott and Colby Oates, Aaron and Joanna Richison) and 4 great-grandchildren (Jacob and Jocelyn Richison, Calvin Robrahn, and Hunter; his sister-in-law Betty Moore (Billy), his nephew Craig Bryan (Vicki) and his niece Lynn Rosa (Duane) of Amarillo, Texas.Manly and Jo loved to travel and cook and traveled extensively with an eye for unique culinary ports-of-call. They counted themselves fortunate to have formed lifelong friendships with wonderful people wherever they lived or traveled. Memorial services for Manly Bryan will be Friday, May 4, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. North Dallas Funeral Home, 2710 Valley View Lane, Dallas, Texas 75234. www.northdallasfun.wpengine.comFor those wishing to remember Manly as a physician and a friend, donations may be made in his name to your favorite charity or to the American Heart or Lung or Cancer Association, and as flowers beautify the world and cheer the heart, they are also warmly appreciated.https://donate.americanheart.org/ www.lung.org/donate/ www.cancer.org/