Mary Ellen Bryant

1920 - 2013  (92 years)

• Name	Mary Ellen Bryant  [1, 2]
  Birth	10 Dec 1920	Whitthorne, Carroll County, Tennessee   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	7 Aug 2013	Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee   [2]
  Burial	Clark Cemetery, Huntingdon, Carroll County, Tennessee   [2]
  Notes	Obituary, copied from her FindAGrave memorial page, created by Wanda K. Lee and Maintained by K. Todd Sherer: Mrs. Mary Ellen Bryant Fortner, age 92 of Huntingdon, TN, passed away Wednesday, August 7, 2013 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted on Sunday, August 11, 2013 at 2 p.m., in the Chapel of Chase Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Clark Cemetery. Rev. L. H. Hardwick, Jr. and Bro. Donald Ricketts, Jr. will officiate the service. Pallbearers who will serve are Kelly Fortner, Matthew Stano, Joseph Fortner, Larry Goff, Jimmy McGee and John Drinkard. Mrs. Fortner was born December 10, 1920 in Whitthorne, TN to the late James H. and Emma McLemore Bryant. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Pentecostal Church Huntingdon. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 71 years, Rev. James Logan Fortner I; a brother, Billy O'Neil Bryant and a grandson, Louis John Stano III. She is survived by one daughter, Mary Bryant Fortner Stano (husband, Louis) of Brentwood; two sons, Dr. James Logan Fortner II (wife, Gloria) of Nashville and Joseph O'Neil Fortner (wife, Lisa) of McKenzie. She also leaves nine grandchildren, Kelly Fortner (wife, Peggy), Logan Fortner III (wife, Judith), John Stano III, Jessica Fortner, Caroline Fortner, Rebecca Fortner Beverstein (husband, Joe), Katherine Stano, Joseph Fortner (wife, Emily) and Matthew Stano; and five great-grandchildren, Kirsten Fortner, Emma Arnold, Reagan Fortner, Ellison Fortner and Griffin Fortner. Chase Funeral Home, (731) 986-0500. Published in The Jackson Sun on August 10, 2013
  Person ID	I46498	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2016

  
  

  Father	James H. Bryant,   b. 26 Jul 1873, Tennessee d. 4 Jun 1955, Carroll County, Tennessee (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Emma Elizabeth McLemore,   b. 8 Jan 1890, Lavinia, Carroll County, Tennessee d. 14 Jul 1966, McKenzie, Carroll County, Tennessee (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	31 Mar 1918	Carroll County, Tennessee   [3]
  Family ID	F13852	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rev. James Logan Fortner, I,   b. 17 Feb 1916, Cedar Grove, Carroll County, Tennessee d. 13 Nov 2010, Huntingdon, Carroll County, Tennessee (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	1 Oct 1939	Obion County, Tennessee   [4]
  Family ID	F13853	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 1 Oct 1939 - Obion County, Tennessee Death - 7 Aug 2013 - Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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