{"id":264973,"date":"2026-05-09T17:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T17:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/264973\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T17:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T17:36:17","slug":"famu-to-host-funeral-service-for-former-interim-president-on-campus-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/264973\/","title":{"rendered":"FAMU to host funeral service for former interim president on campus"},"content":{"rendered":"

The life of former Florida A&M University<\/a> interim President Castell Vaughn Bryant<\/a> will be celebrated on the campus where she made history as the first woman to serve in her role at the helm of the HBCU.<\/p>\n

A funeral service in Bryant’s honor will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 21, in the Lee Hall auditorium on FAMU’s campus.<\/p>\n

The arrangements come after the FAMU alumna died on May 2 at the age of 88 in Jacksonville due to undisclosed health issues. She was the first woman in FAMU history<\/a> to take on the interim president role at the university.<\/p>\n

Besides the funeral on FAMU’s campus, the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated \u2212 of which Bryant was a member \u2212 will also hold a service at 6 p.m. May 20 at J.P. Moore Mortuary & Cremation Services in Tallahassee, the funeral home assisting Bryant’s family.<\/p>\n

She will be laid to rest in her hometown of Jasper \u2212 about an hour and a half east of Tallahassee \u2212 immediately following the May 21 funeral program at FAMU.<\/p>\n

\"Former<\/p>\n

Former FAMU interim President Castell Vaughn Bryant.<\/p>\n

More: FAMU’s first female interim president Castell Vaughn Bryant dies at 88<\/a><\/p>\n

Bryant graduated from FAMU with a bachelor\u2019s degree in library science and a master\u2019s degree in adult education. She also earned a doctoral degree in adult education from Nova Southeastern University\u00a0and completed her\u00a0post doctorate\u00a0studies at Harvard University\u2019s Management Development Program.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While Bryant’s career included being an elementary school teacher, working in various positions at FAMU and serving as president of three Miami Dade College campuses, she came out of retirement to become interim president of FAMU from 2005 to 2007. She was also interim president of Florida Memorial University during two separate terms in 1989 and 2017.<\/p>\n

Visitation<\/p>\n

Date and time: Wednesday, May 20 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

Location: J.P. Moore Mortuary & Cremation Services (2555 N. Monroe St., Tallahassee,)<\/p>\n

Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. Omega Omega Service<\/p>\n

Date and time: Wednesday, May 20 at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

Location: J.P. Moore Mortuary & Cremation Services (2555 N. Monroe St., Tallahassee, FL 32303)<\/p>\n

Funeral Service<\/p>\n

Date and time: Thursday, May 21 at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n

Location: FAMU’s Lee Hall Auditorium (1601 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32307)<\/p>\n

Final Resting Place<\/p>\n

Date and time: Thursday, May 21, immediately following the funeral service<\/p>\n

Location: Friendship Cemetery (13158 SE County Rd. 137, Jasper, FL 32052)<\/p>\n

Tarah Jean is the higher education reporter for the Tallahassee Democrat, a member of the USA TODAY Network \u2013 Florida. She can be reached at\u00a0tjean@tallahassee.com<\/a>. Follow her on X:\u00a0@tarahjean_<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: Former FAMU interim president Castell Bryant’s funeral to be on campus<\/a><\/p>\n