Elyse P.

Bryan

Obituary

Elyse P. Bryan, 89, of Tifton, died Tuesday, February 7, 2006 at Southern Care Assisted Living. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, February 10, 2006 in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Hayward Tomblin will officiate with burial to follow in Oakridge Cemetery. Grandsons and nephews will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 9, 2006 at Bowen-Donaldson.

Ms. Bryan was born on November 25, 1916 in Worth County, GA. She was the daughter of Sanford Thomas Perryman and Lola Hall Roberts Perryman, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Yancey Lee "Pete" Bryan, Sr., who died in 1996; and 3 brothers, C. D. Roberts, L. H. Roberts and S. T. Perryman. She was a homemaker, a member of Salem Baptist Church, and had lived in Tift County most of her life, the last nine years living at Southern Care Assisted Living.

Ms. Bryan is survived by 1 son and daughter-in-law: Yancey Lee, Jr. and Ramona Bryan of Tifton; 1 daughter and son-in-law: Sharon and Ron Brooks of Pittsburgh, PA; 3 sisters-in-law, Clara Daly, Merle Perryman and Eva Bryan; 4 grandchildren, Susan Thompson of Tifton, Lee Bryan of Atlanta, Kevin Brooks of Greensburg, PA and Kristopher Brooks of Pittsburgh, PA; 3 great grandchildren, Bryan Thompson of Tifton, Blake Thompson of Tifton and Payton Bryan of Atlanta.