Mr. Earnest Leslie Bryant Jr. 67 of Clarksville, Tn. passed away Friday August 10, 2012 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, Tn. Mr. Bryant was born March 31, 1945 in St. Louis, MO., son of the late Earnest Leslie Bryant Sr. and Martha Harris Bryant.
Funeral services will be held Sunday August 19, 2012 at 2pm at Petress Baptist Church in Big Rock, Tn., All visitation will be held at Petress Baptist Church beginning at 11am Saturday August 18, 2012 until service time Monday with Bro Charlie Mathis officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Baptist Church Cemetery.
He is survived by children, James Leslie (Sharon) Bryant, Dover, TN, Earnest Earl Ray Bryant & Joyce Jeanette Hall both of Clarksville, TN, Mary (Calvin) Wallace of Dover,TN and Melissa Ann Duttlinger (David Dailey) of Nashville, Tn., one brother Bobby James Bryant of Dover, Tn., fifteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Pallbearers will be Robert Earl Cherry, Anthony Wallace, David Dailey, John Bradford, Calvin Wallace, and Michael Rowlette, Danny Dunaway and Ricky Pulley. Online condolences can be made at NaveFuneralHomes.com.