Oct. 26, 1948 –

Sept. 7, 2012

Sue Lamie Bryant, 63, of Bainbridge, passed away Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, at her residence. The memorial service will be held at 10 a.m., on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Paul Medley officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. In lieu of flowers, Sue has requested donations be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 155, Bainbridge, GA 39819, the Decatur County Senior Center, 402 W. Water St., Bainbridge, GA 39817 or to Memorial Hospital Foundation, 1500 E. Shotwell St., Bainbridge, GA 39819.

Sue was born Oct. 26, 1948, in Tannersville, Va., to Warren and Cordelia Lamie. She graduated from Virginia Tech in 1971 with a degree in nutrition and home economics education. She completed a dietetic internship at Roanoke Memorial Hospitals and became a registered dietitian in 1975.

Throughout her career, she worked in hospitals, nursing homes and health departments in Virginia, Mississippi and Georgia. She especially enjoyed teaching patients and being involved with the diabetes support group in Decatur County. She was a member of First Baptist Church and for many years assisted in the preschool department with Mission Friends, church training and Sunday School classes.

Survivors include her husband of 41 years, Richard L. Bryant of Bainbridge; her daughters, Heather Parker and her husband, Nick, of Niceville, Fla., and Stacey Bryant of Tallahassee, Fla.; her mother, Cordelia Robbins Lamie of Virginia; her brothers, Jack Lamie, Rick Lamie, Joe Lamie, and Kim Lamie, all of Virginia and Gary Lamie of West Virginia; her sisters, Toni Muritz of Pennsylvania and Anita Holmes and Lisa Ashley, both of Virginia; her granddaughter, Ana Grace Parker of Niceville; and her mother-in-law, Reta Bryant of Virginia.

Ivey Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.