Burnell Lee Bryant
Published: Paulk Funeral Home website
Burnell Lee Bryant, 93, of Fitzgerald, GA died Sunday, January 29,
2012, at her residence.
Graveside services will be held at 4 PM Wednesday, February 1, 2012 in
the Evergreen Cemetery with the Rev. Dr. Danny Ray
officiating. The family will receive friends one hour before the
services on Wednesday at the funeral home.
Mrs. Bryant was born April 17, 1918 to the late Jim and Jessie Harper
Lee. She lived in Irwin and Ben Hill counties all of
her life. Mrs. Bryant was a 1935 graduate of Irwin County High School,
where she was named Ms. Ocilla and was an avid basketball
player. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Fitzgerald, the
Rebekah Sunday School Class and former secretary of the
outreach program. Mrs. Bryant was a former Girl Scout leader and
cheerleading supporter. She was very devoted to her church and
family and enjoyed sewing and cooking.
She is survived by her children, Dickie & Margie Bryant, Jeff
Bryant, Ray & Wilene Bryant and Jane Ellen & Ronnie
Phillips, all
of Fitzgerald; grandchildren, Lisa & Lee Hogan, Lee &
Lana Bryant, Brent & Amy Bryant, Segrid Dennard, Blan &
Leigh Bryant, Zac
Bryant, Rusty Phillips and Blake Phillips; 10 great-grandchildren;
sister, Sue McGee of Fitzgerald as well as several nieces and
nephews. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her
husband, Julian L. “Dick” Bryant, two brothers, Melvin and
Edison Lee and a sister, Hazel Lee.
