Dominique Cortez Bryant's Obituary
Dom was born on Valentines day in 1991 to Susan Tate and M.T. Bryant in Compton California at Dominguez Valley Hospital.
Dom During his early years Dom Lived in Richland Farms in Compton California, where he attended Robert F Kennedy Elementary School. By middle school age, Dom moved to Ventura California where he lived with his oldest sister Rochelle.
In June 2007, Dom came to Tacoma Washington for a visit and never went home. He missed all of his family and friends in Cali and thanks to all the internets, he was able to keep in touch but there was something about Washington that helped fuel his dreams for big things!
In the fall of 2007 Dom enrolled into Clover Park High School where he met and bonded with some of the best friends a man could ask for. It would be his first year at Clover Park that Dom and the rest of the team would assemble. Some of his closest friends at the time would include Daunique Ward, Michael Okoro, Spencer Marr, David Eargle, Travis Brooks, Jacob Harmon, Patrick Ling, Malcom Brown and Devoncé Irving. During high school Dom Was on the Football team and the Track team as a Shot Putter, and participated in the famous “Fat Man Relay”. Not a lot of people know this but as a sophomore Dom was the strongest guy in school and continues to hold that record to this day. Dom worked hard from transferring from Compton, to graduate from Clover Park High School on time with all his credits on June 21, 2010
In the fall Dom Enrolled in Tacoma Community college with plans to transfer to Pacific Lutheran University.
Dom’s hobbies include working all the time. Playing NBA 2k and madden for hours. He loved shopping and showing off his new clothes on social media. His biggest and best hobby would be photography. He loved taking pictures….. of himself! Dom’s selfies were legendary and in his eyes were second to none. Dom loved to change his clothes…a lot. He would often get dressed up for a party and change midway through the party and have people confused. Lastly, his favorite thing to do was hang with his family and friends.
Dom would go on to work a plethora of jobs that would include Jack in The Box, Fred Meyer and The YMCA all in a 3 year span. Dom started as a temporary employee with the City of Tacoma in the Department of Environmental Services early in 2013, In 2014 he worked for City of Bellevue in the Streets & Grounds Department. In November of 2015 he came back to work in a permanent position with City of Tacoma in the Streets and Grounds Department as a Street Maintenance Worker.
Dom was preceded in death by his mother, October 3, (2003)
Dom leaves behind His father M.T. Bryant, oldest sister Rochelle Scott and her children Acura, Rome, Suraye, and Dontee. Brother Dajon Bryant, Sister Margaret Daja Bryant, Aunt Brenda Bryant, Aunt Rebecca Tate, The Irving’s, Jessie, Dej, DeVonce, Bryse, and Simon, (add other family here). Dom also leaves behind the love of his Life, Fiancee Lacrystal Wooten, a tribe of cousins, extended family, his Woes, and you.
Words from family
Dom you will be missed tremendously! We love you so very much. We won’t put a question mark where God put a period. Life is like a Marathon, we all begin the race together but nobody crosses the finish line together. Just maybe God said your work here was done. Sleep with the angles, we will see you soon. With love, your father, M.T. Bryant
To my Aunie,
From the first moment I laid eyes on you, I knew you were special and would be loved by many
I will always miss your smile, your warm heart, and ESPEDIALLY the dance you’ve been doing for me since you were a little boy up until the last time I saw you. So as I sing “dippy dippy do dippy do” I know you’re in heaven dancing and twirling for me. I love you with all my heart son. Till we meet again, rest in peace. Love auntie Becky
When you came into this world, I knew you were going to be something special, you were LOVE. I loved you dearly and will never be forgotten. I know your looking down on us my special angel. Muah, your sis Raquel and Jarmel Jones
I cried when you passed away. I cry today still. Although I loved you dearly I could not make you stay. A golden heart stopped beating, a hard working hand is at rest. God broke my heart to prove he only takes the best!! Storm
Love you Nikko! You were a blessing, God gave you to the Bryant and Tate family for a reason. The love and compassion you had, your beautiful big smile and beautiful soul. I love you like a son!! You are truly gonna be terribly missed in my love. God has you with Him now. Give your mom, your grandma and grandpa and most of all my mom a kiss. Missing you so much right now. Love por vida.. Tia Elaine…See you later
I will always miss the good times we had! Love you lil cousin! You will never be forgotten, Cousin TT
We love you..gone too soon but you will never be forgotten, Love Auntie Peaches, T.M., Rabbaanee, and Akeem
You were placed into my life for such a short time. In those years every moment and memory was special even if it was bickering about taking off your socks at night. I keep on thinking if only I had one more day or even a second to spend with you it would be enough but I know it would never be. You helped teach me about love, kindness, patience, and understanding in the ways you interacted with everyone you encountered. The purity of your heart is what I will miss the most. I will always love you sugar bucket. You were the love of my life. Your memories will remain with me for a lifetime.
LaCrystal Wooten-Wisse
Dom we go way back like a Cadillac on fo’ flats. From all of us being raised in Granddaddy and Grammy’s house in The Farms at 722 W. Bennett to living in a college dorms and houses. My oldest memory that I have was going to Disneyland with all our younger brothers and sisters and us being left in charge of our siblings. At the time that was the coolest thing to me being in charge at 10-11 years old with you. We would continue to make a million more memorable experiences after that. The next biggest one was you and your brother moving up to Washington to live with my family up here. I thought life was gonna be over once I saw how much you and your brother ate. I’m not gonna lie I hated when you guys first moved up here because the food was gone all the time. There was never any leftovers you two ate all the food all the time. I thought I was never going to grow to be big like you guys. But that would soon change after your brother would move back to Cali. Sharing a room/house/dorm with you gave me some of the best memories of my life that I will never forget. A lot of what you did rubbed off on me. For example getting dressed up all the time for every single occasion no matter how small it is to physically keeping your self groomed from head to toe. You had me getting dressed on half days and curling my hair like you. You taught me how to play madden of course after whooping my ass for years and years until I got good enough to beat you. You showed me the weight room and that you really can spend all day getting bigger and bigger. You showed me all the old school R&B music that all the girls love. You showed me that life won’t always go the way you planed but you can still move on and learn from it. You put me on so many TV shows and movies that I never realized were good or funny as hell because they were weren’t a cartoon. You taught me the game of football goes beyond just receiver and quarterback. You taught me to never let someone win and even when they do to deny it until you win. You taught me how to roast the hell out of people to the point when they cry and didn’t want to sit with us no more. You taught me that you don’t have to care about everything just the only things that matter. You showed me that you don’t have to try and impress anyone but yourself. You showed me that you can impress everyone by just being yourself. I’m gonna miss our late nights talking about all the girls we thought were cute or had crushes on. I’m gonna miss coming home after school running down stairs to go to sleep on that legendary couch. I’m gonna miss the Fresh Prince reruns. I’m gonna miss making food with you especially the potatoes. I’m gonna miss being yelled at by my dad when we were too loud and should have been to bed hours ago. I’m gonna miss our partner tag team roasting everyone. I’m gonna miss the M&Ms, sour cream and lays potatoes chips and oeros. I’m gonna miss getting dressed up with you only to watch you change 15 times. I’m gonna miss working out with you. I’m gonna miss catching you take the stupidest selfies ever. I’m sure could go on and on but I’ll end it with this. I know you were technically my mom’s cousin but I always thought of you as an older brother. I love you man. Save me a spot in heaven on the sticks.
You were placed into my life for such a short time. In those years every moment and memory was special even if it was bickering about taking off your socks at night. I keep on thinking if only I had one more day or even a second to spend with you it would be enough but I know it would never be. You helped teach me about love, kindness, patience, and understanding in the ways you interacted with everyone you encountered. The purity of your heart is what I will miss the most. I will always love you sugar bucket. You were the love of my life. Your memories will remain with me for a lifetime.
LaCrystal Wooten-Wisse
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