Yancy Lee “Junior” Bryan, Jr., 69, of Tifton died Tuesday, May 18, 2010, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, May 21, 2010, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Dr. Glenn Martin will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Ron Brooks, Lamar Brooks, Bryan Thompson, Ed Bryan, Blake Thompson and Gary Roberts will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends on Thursday, May 20, 2010, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Mr. Bryan was born on October 30, 1940 in Tift County and was the son of Yancy Lee “Pete” Bryan, Sr. and Elyse Perryman Bryan, both deceased. He was employed with the University of Georgian Veterinarian Diagnostic Lab and a member of Northside Baptist Church.
Mr. Bryan is survived by his wife, Ramona Russell Bryan of Tifton; one son and daughter-in-law, Russell Lee and Kerry Bryan of Birmingham, Alabama; one daughter and son-in-law, Susan Bryan and Milton Thompson of Tifton; one sister, Sharon Brooks of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and four grandchildren, Bryan Thompson, Blake Thompson, Payton Bryan and Mackenzie Bryan.