Grady Douglas Bryant, 79, of Summerville, Ga., died on Thursday March 11, 2010 at his residence after an extended illness.
Mr. Bryant was born Feb. 14, 1931, in Lyerly, Ga., the son of the late Alfred Monroe and Maria Gardner Bryant. He graduated from Lyerly High School in 1948 after which he served 4 years in the U.S. Air Force, in Greece & Texas. After returning to Summerville in 1956 he became a contractor building houses and painting. Grady was know as being one of the best painters around. In 1983 he went to Atlanta to work for Partitions, Inc., and worked there until his blindness caused him to retire in 1999. Mr. Bryant was a member of the South Summerville Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by a son, Douglas Bryant; three sisters, Virginia Alexander, Dorothy Hanle and Ruth Carpenter; and five brothers, Jack Bryant, William Bryant, Johnny Bryant, Edward Bryant and Gardner Bryant.
Survivors include his wife, Mattie Lou Bryant; two daughters, Regina Bryant, Summerville and Myra Dickerson, Cumming, Ga.; a son, Clifford Bryant, Summerville; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild; a brother, Norman Bryant; and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 13, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Kenneth Summey and Rev. Jimmy Bryant officiating with interment in the Greenhills Memory Garden. Active pallbearers will be Tommy Alexander, Alan Bryant, Dennis Bryant, Anthony Bryant, O.W. Carpenter.
Mr. Bryant will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 1 p.m. Saturday, March 13 until the service hour.