Winifred F. Bryant

Friday, January 14, 2011

Winifred F. Bryant, 88, Mt. Meridian, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011 at Mt. Meridian. She was born on Jan. 16, 1922 in Tazwell County, Va. and was the daughter of the late Milburn Robert and Millie Alice [Puckett] Whitt.

She was married to Edgar E. Bryant on May 23, 1938 and he preceded her in death on Oct. 23, 2001. She was a homemaker and former co-owner of Bryant's Country Store, Mt. Meridian.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her sisters; Rosie Ann Shrader, Lera M. Cook and Leatha Martha Stinson, and her brothers; Thomas Therman Whitt, Raleigh Graham Whitt, James Alderson "Fuzz" Whit and Isaac Harmon Whitt.

She is survived by her children; Freeda Spencer and husband Ken, Mt. Meridian, Rita Pierce and husband Ted, Mt. Meridian, Kenneth A. Bryant and wife Phyllis, Cloverdale and Lonnie Bryant, Greencastle; her

sisters, Alice Sparks, Avon and Carol Baxter, Greencastle; 12 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held on Monday at 11 a.m. at the Whitaker Funeral Home, Cloverdale. Visitation will be held on Sunday from 4-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be in the Deer Creek Cemetery, Greencastle.

Condolences may be sent to the family at: cds@whitakerfuneralhome.net.