Funeral program for Mrs. Ella Mae Bryant

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Monday, February 20, 2006
11:00A.M.
Historic Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
Claxton, Georgia
Dr. L. Perry McNeal, Pastor, Eulogist
Rev. Martin Bacon, Presiding
Interment:
Historic Mt. Pleasant Church Cemetery
Claxton, Georgia
Mrs. Ella M. Bryant was bom on March 19, 1913 in Evans
County, Georgia. She passed into eternal rest on February 16, 2006.
She was the fifth of fourteen children bom to the late Mr. Pete
and Mrs. Maggie Hagan. She joined Historic Mt. Pleasant Baptist
Church at an early age.
On Mareh 29, 1941, she was joined in Holy Matrimony to
Wesley L. Bryant, Jr. Their union was blessed with four children. Dur-
ing this period, Ella worked for Dr. Crawford.
In the fifties, the family moved to Plainfield, New Jersey. She be-
came a faithful member of Shiloh Baptist Church, where she was a mem-
ber of the Adult Choir, the Willing Workers, and The Mothers Club.
She began volunteering in the eommunity and became a Cub Scout Den
Mother. Ella worked as a domestic, a factory worker, and a teachers
assistant for the Plainfield Board of Education, from which she retired in
1978. She then began a child care service in her home. In 1986, Ella re-
loeated to Claxton, Georgia. She renewed her membership at Historic
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church and served for twenty years as a nurses aide
until her health forced her to become inactive.
Ella was preceded in death by her husband, Wesley and her son,
James Wesley. She leaves behind to mourn her death: two daughters:
Ms. Dorothy L. Bryant of Claxton, Georgia and Mrs. Eloise Bryant
Tinley and son-in-law, Mr. Joseph M. Tinley, Jr. both of Plainfield, New
Jersey; one son, Mr. Donald Bryant and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Sharon
Bryant both of Atlanta, Georgia; three grandehildren, Mrs. Elyse B. Cox
and her husband, Mr. Richard A. Cox, Jr. both of Greensboro, North
Carolina, Miss Ashley M. Bryant and Miss Morgan A. Bryant, both of
Atlanta, Georgia; three great grandsons; Richard A. Cox III, Joseph
James-Wesley Cox, and Matthew A. Cox, all of Greensboro, North Caro-
lina; two brothers, Dea. Booker T. Hagan and sister-in-law, Mrs. Avis B.
Hagan, and Mr. William Hagan and sister-in-law, Mrs. Martha L. Hagan,
all of Claxton, Georgia; three sisters: Mrs. Carrie Clark and Mrs. Viola
Oglesby, both of Claxton, Georgia, and Mrs. Minnie Bryant of Savannah,
Georgia; one sister-in-law, Mrs. Esther L. Griggs of Hagan, Georgia; and
over thirty nieces and nephews, and a host of fnends. She will be greatly
missed by all who knew and loved her.
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Rev. Martin Bacon, Presiding
Prelude
Processional (Final Viewing)
Hymn.....................
Prayer of Comfort........
Scripture Readings
Hymn.....................
Acknowledgments
Obituary
A Daughters Tribute.....
Eulogy...................
Hymn.....................
Recessional
Ministers and Family
... Amazing Grace
..Rev. Martin Bacon
Blessed Assurance
....Mrs. Eloise Bryant Tinley
.........Dr. L. Perry McNeal
When We All Get To Heaven
Interment:
Historic Mt. Pleasant Church Cemetery
The family will receive friends and share repast in the
Fellowship Hall of Historic Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
immediately following the committal service.
Mr. Themell Clark
Mr. Joseph M. Tinley, Jr. Mr. Richard A. Cox, Jr.
Deep in our hearts, you will always stay.
Loved and remembered day by day.
This month will come back with sadness and regret.
It will be a day we will never forget.
Tears in our eyes we can wipe away.
But the ache in our hearts will always stay.
You wished none of us a farewell.
Nor even said goodbye.
But late at night you slipped away
While we slept, you entered the Heavenly Way.
Your memory will forever last.
It will be a precious thought of the past.
The family of Ella M. Bryant acknowledges with
deep appreciation your many acts of kindness,
encouraging words, and sympathy shown
during our time of bereavement.
Professional Services Entrusted To:
Harpers Funeral Home
125 North Broad Street
Claxton, Georgia 30417
912-739-2658
Mr. Roosevelt Clark
Mr. Anthony Hagan
Mr. Kenneth Hagan