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Memorial service for Conant set for family, friends
By: Jason Staggs
Issue date: 7/2/09 Section: News
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Conant, department head, professor of marketing and presidential and Eppright professor for teaching excellence at Mays Business School, died early Tuesday at St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan after contracting an infection that led to pneumonia.
Conant was born in Buffalo, N.Y., the son of Howard and Florence Christina Craft Conant.
He was a member of First United Methodist Church of Bryan, where he was on the Strategic Planning Committee, and was a faculty member of Texas A&M University since 1996.
He is survived by his wife, Carol Conant; his father, Howard Somers Conant of Tucson, Ariz.; his daughter and son-in-law, Danielle Christine and Reilly Garrett of El Paso; his sons, Scott Howard Conant and Trevor Robert Conant, both of College Station; his sister and brother-in-law, Judith and Gary Steinbach of Richmond, Ky.; two nieces and four nephews along with multitudes of colleagues, students and friends.
Family members have requested that memorials be made in Conant's name to First United Methodist Church in Bryan, 506 East 28th St., Bryan, Texas, 77803.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Strickland Funeral Home in Somerville.
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