Willie Bryant

Published 12:00 am Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Graveside services for Willie Mae Bryant, 80, of Vidalia, who died Monday, Feb. 19, 2007, at Natchez Regional Medical Center, will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Greenlawn Memorial Park with the Rev. Gary Howington officiating.

Burial will follow under the direction of Laird Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mrs. Bryant was born March 30, 1926, in Wisner, the daughter of Percy Leroy Craft and Florence Kimball Craft.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Steve Washington Bryant Jr.; son, Steve Glenn Bryant; sisters, Bobby Joann Stone and Adrienne Ballard.

Survivors include a son, Steve C. Bryant of Vidalia; daughter, Karen R. Ferdynus of Grapevine, Texas; grandchildren, Deirdre Medina, Jeremy Ray, Anthony Bryant, Amanda Bryant, Joshua Bryant, Dee Dee Carlton, Stephen Bryant, Haleigh Bryant, and Laura Perez; 11 great-grandchildren; sisters, Joyce Jones of Ridgecrest, Yvonne Piercy of Knoxville, Tenn., Carolyn Laird of Vidalia, and Amanda Oliver of Ferriday; and brother, Donnie Craft of Ridgecrest.

Pallbearers will be Stephen Bryant Jr., Anthony Bryant Jr., Joshua Bryant, Jeremy Bryant, Chris Glass and Felix Perez.