Bryant K

Bullock

Our beloved son, father, brother, cousin, uncle, and friend, Bryant Kris Bullock of New York City, peacefully departed to a higher calling on Saturday evening, October 28, in the city of Paramus, in the state of New Jersey, at the age of forty-six.

Bryant is one of three children, the eldest born to the mournful Cynthia McPhaul. Born in Jacobi Hospital in the Bronx, Bryant went on to live a fulfilling and abundant life. As a child, he was known for his kind-hearted nature, caring spirit, adventurous personality, charm, and gift for conversation.

Growing up in the Bronx, Bryant participated in a variety of extracurricular activities. He was a member of the local Boys and Girls Club, where he earned the title of Swim Champion. This was just the beginning of his involvement in community activities. He later learned to scuba dive in City Island, played on an ice hockey team in Central Park, and excelled in karate. Although his true passions were the two sports he poured into the most and took part in well into his young adult life: boxing and football. He would eventually transition from playing on the field to coaching his son. He was a creative genius able to originate, draw, and think through any and everything.

As time passed, Bryant developed a love for travel, the outdoors, motorcycles, camping, and cooking meals with and for his family.

In his younger years, Bryant received education in Christian schools, followed by Junior High School 144. He then attended Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia, concluding his high school years at Columbus High School, where he graduated and earned his diploma.

After graduation, Bryant enrolled in Job Corps, where he acquired credentials from the National Institute of Metalworking Skills for welding, preparing him for a career in construction. His instinctive drive to provide and assume leadership roles was evident from a young age when he started working as a local paperboy at just six years old. Later in life, his entrepreneurial spirit led him to establish several successful & lucrative businesses.

Bryant maintained close relationships with his mother, siblings, children, cousins, aunts, uncles, and friends. Although he valued his privacy, he was always the person to turn to in times of need, a source of wisdom, or if you needed a laugh for the people, he considered his own. Bryant always was and remains someone to admire and strive to emulate. He was known for his spontaneity, whether it was going on a midnight trip to the beach, making an after-hours stop at a diner, or casually preparing a full meal at 4 a.m. With a unique blend of tough love and an enormous heart, Bryant led his family as the patriarch through good times, challenging moments, and everything in between.

The greater part of Bryant's life was spent in Bergen County, New Jersey, where he met the mother of his children, the late Veronica Givens. He was a father and role model to many, however his junior, Kane Bullock, and his daughter Kia Bullock motivated him in everything he achieved. In his life, he raised four children the oldest two being his nephew Richard Clyburn and step-son Corey Silver.

Bryant is survived by his partner Lissett Jusino, his mother and step-father, Cynthia and Timothy McPhaul, his grandmother, Dr. Rosalie Bullock, his siblings Alexandra Woods, Shatia McPhaul, NaToya Bullock, Katheryn Bullock, his brother-in-law, Victor Woods Sr.. His aunts Ethel Ann Bullock, Lydia McDaniels, Denise Bullock, Yvette Crumpler and his uncle Richard Bullock Jr. Along with numerous cousins whom he considered as close as brothers and sisters, including John Spruill, Shekinah Bullock, Shondel Ferguson, Charles Bullock, Sharnae Scott, Denita Rondo, Rhiona Bullock, Tawana Bullock, Chrissy Bullock, Estelle Bullock, Rasaun Bullock, Armondo Lynch, Raymond Lynch, Vallairya Lynch, Vanity Lynch, Douglas Tyson, Darnell Tyson, and Daniel Tyson. His nieces and nephews Kayanii Woods, Kaydyn Woods, Victor Woods Jr., and Lawson Woods.