Mr. William Carroll Bryan

January 26, 2016

Mr. William Carroll Bryan, age 45, of Cairo, Georgia, passed away Tuesday, January 26, 2016.  Services will be held for Mr. Bryan at 11 a.m., Friday, January 29, 2016, at Our Father’s House in Cairo, Georgia.  The Rev. Henry Miller will officiate. Interment, with military honors, will follow in Pine Level Cemetery.  Steve Haire, Walter Lewis, Tim Keller, Justin McGinty, Ricky Pearce, Johnny Yearwood, Todd Ferrell, and Kyle Miller will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m., Thursday, at Cox Funeral Home Chapel in Bainbridge.

William Carroll Bryan was born April 25, 1970 in Hahira, Georgia to Ashley Bryan, Sr. and Rebecca Norton Bryan Baggett.  He was married to Rhonda Wilkerson Bryan. Carroll was a U.S. Army veteran.  He served, proudly, in Operation Desert Storm.  Carroll was a member of Our Father’s House.  He was a deacon, who loved to serve and work in his church. Carroll was generous and enjoyed helping others.  Carroll Bryan was a good Christian example. Carroll worked in logging and loved being in the woods.

He will be sorely missed by the many friends and family he loved so very much.

William Carroll Bryan is survived by his wife, Rhonda Wilkerson Bryan of Cairo; mother and step-father, Rebecca Norton Baggett and husband, Johnny of Pelham; children, Joshua Alan Odom and wife, Kimberly of Pelham, Trent Lee Odom and Kimberly Bridges of Bainbridge, Lily Kailyn Mobley and fiancée, Jason Rose of Cairo; brother, Ashley Bryan, Jr. and wife, Tammy of Whigham, Georgia; sister Johnnie Michelle Lawhorne and husband, Bobby of Cairo; grandchildren, Saige Leigh Odom, Adelyn Odom, and Jayce Lee Rose; nieces, Ashlynn Bryan and Katelynn Bryan of Pelham; and father and mother-in-law, Terry and Vivian Wilkerson of Whigham. He was preceded in death by his father, Ashley Bryan, Sr.

Condolences may be sent on-line at www.coxfuneral.net.