Jerry Bryant

Jerry M. “Big Daddy” Bryant, age 67, passed away Saturday evening, March 17, 2018 at the Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, TN.

Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at the Sardis Lake Baptist Church with interment to follow in Sardis Lake Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends two hours prior to the service. Rev. Kevin Crofford will be officiating.

Jerry was born on June 11, 1950 in Batesville, MS to the late J.B. and Kathleen Lovell Bryant. He was a retired insurance agent and a faithful member of the Sardis Lake Baptist Church. In Jerry’s spare time he enjoyed fishing, deer hunting, cooking and eating.

Those he leaves behind to cherish his loving memory include his wife of 40 years, Georgie Dettor Bryant of Sardis, MS; three daughters, Trisha Sears of Southaven, MS, Johna Moore of Sardis, MS, and Angelina Humphreys of Water Valley, MS; two sons, Edward Moore of Ridgeland, MS and Jim Moore of Brandon, MS; one sister, Sherry Bryant Burns of Batesville, MS; two brothers, Perry J. Bryant and Terry Lee Bryant both of Batesville, MS; eleven grandchildren, Gabe Jasper, Jamie Crick (Matt), Hailey Moore, Steven Haley, Bo Moore, Kayleigh Pickett, Brandi Palmer (Daniel), Dustin Robertson, Avery Humphreys, Isabella Humphreys, Alyssa Humphreys; five great grandchildren, Lilly Crick, Mari Latham, Matt Raines, Mary Madison Raines, Emily Robertson.

In addition to his parents, Jerry was preceded in death by one daughter, Wanda Kay Moore Brinson and one sister, Diane Bryant.