Gilberta Bryson

Waynesville-Gilberta M. Bryson, age 81, of Cortland Court, died Tuesday, March 23, 2004 at Haywood Regional Medical Center.

A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Raleigh and Clarcy Moses Saunders. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Dewey F. Bryson, who died in 1989 and three sisters. Her brother, John L. Saunders passed away four hours after she did. She was employed by Wellco as a seamstress for 34 years before her retirement. She was of Baptist faith and enjoyed camping, sewing, and crocheting and was also an Atlanta Braves fan.

She is survived by two daughters, Joyce Cabe and her husband, Larry, of Waynesville and Louise Green and her husband, Jimmy, of Sylva; two sons, Jack Saunders and Frank E. Saunders, and his wife, Karen, both of Waynesville, two sisters, Vanalee Ashe, of Sylva and Hazel Wood of Bethel; seven grandchildren; and six great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, March 26, 2004 in the Waynesville chapel of Wells Funeral Homes and Cremation Services with Reverend David A. Williams and Hospice Chaplin Carol Hammock. Burial will follow at Garrett-Hillcrest Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 1:00 until 2:00 p.m. on Friday prior to the services, and at other times, will be at the home of Joyce Cabe, 274 Bramlett Drive, or Frank Saunders, 141 Kimberly Lane. Serving as pallbearers will be Darrell and Jason Burris, Chris Saunders, Chris Riley, Brian Cabe, and Scotty Broom.

In lieu of flowers, memorials should be given to Haywood Regional Medical Center Hospice, 560 Leroy George Drive, Clyde, NC 28721.

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