Juanita Reid Bryant

Juanita Reid Bryant January 26, 1919 August 29, 2015 Juanita Reid Bryant, age 96, passed away on Saturday, August 29, 2015. A memorial service will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, August 31, at Columbus Avenue Baptist Church chapel with Rev. Ron Durham and Rev. Larry Vowell officiating. The family will greet guests at 9:30 a.m. in the church parlor. Burial will follow at the Breckenridge Cemetery at 3:30 p.m. Mrs. Bryant will lie in state at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home on Bosque Boulevard Sunday, August 30, from 12:00 9:00 p.m. with no formal visitation. Mrs. Bryant was born January 26, 1919, at her parent's home in Elmore City, Oklahoma, to the late Bessie and Jack Reid. She graduated from Eliasville High School and attended Hardin-Simmons University. She married Rev. Byron Bryant on August 20, 1937. Mrs. Bryant was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Juanita was known for her gracious, warm, loving spirit, and her Christ-like attitude towards others. She was an ever-present partner in the ministry of her husband, Rev. Bryant. She supported, encouraged and assisted him in all aspects of the ministry. She served as a Bible study teacher in Sunday school most of her life as well as active in the Women's Missionary Union. In 1986, Mrs. Bryant retired from Texas Baptist Children's Home in Round Rock where she served as a receptionist, campus hostess and later a Field Representative in Development. She was preceded in death by her husband, Byron Bryant, and parents, Bessie and Jack Reid. She is survived by her daughters, Janice Payne and husband, Mike, of Temple, Texas; Ann Lindsey and husband, Duane, of Waco; four grandchildren, Steven Payne and wife, Heather, of Allen, Texas, Teri Harriman and husband, Bobby, of Bastrop, Texas, Debra Rountree and husband, Mark, of Coppell, Texas and Christa Meletio and husband, David, of Atlanta, Georgia. She is also survived by thirteen great grandchildren, Whitney Wiseman and husband, Justin, Garrett and Ashlee Payne, Steven and Jonathan Rountree, Austin, Preston, Robert, Jr., and Ashley Harriman, Abigail, Audrey An and Chan Meletio; brother, Waylan Pete Reid and wife, Dorothy, of Breckenridge; nieces, Donna Boles and husband, Hurley, Barbara Hill and husband, Dennis, of Breckenridge. Pallbearers will be the grandsons and great grandsons. The family acknowledges special thanks to caregivers- Becky, Yolanda, Maria, Charlotte, Tammy, Rosa, Gina, Mary, and the Bluebonnet Healthcare nurses and aides. Memorials may be made to the Byron and Juanita Bryant Scholarship at Hardin-Simmons University, Institutional Advancement, Box 16100, Abilene, Texas 79698. The family invites you to leave a message on the "Memorial Guestbook" at www.WHBfamily.com. Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey