Lorene Bryant

Lorene Bryant, 94, of Doniphan, Missouri, passed away Dec. 19, 2020. Lorene was born Sept. 14, 1926, in rural Harviell, Missouri, to Stella and Homer Ainley. She was a faithful member of the Pentecostal faith.

She was married to Ivan R. Bryant of Fisk, Missouri on Dec. 14, 1946. To this union two children were born: David R. Bryant and Naomi Bryant Murray.

Lorene is survived by her son, David and wife Cynthia; her daughter, Naomi and her husband Don; two granddaughters, Jennifer Bryant and husband Simon of Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, and Cassie Murray Rutkowski and husband Mark of Springfield, Missouri; one grandson, Robby Bryant; and four great grandchildren, as well as many nieces and nephews.

Lorene was preceded in death by her husband, Ivan Bryant, her mother and father, Stella and Homer Ainley, and by siblings, Olive Adams, Paul Ainley, Anna Overton Bean, James Ainley and Joseph Ainley.

She very much enjoyed being with her grandchildren: Jennifer Byrant, Cassie Murray and Robby Bryant and her four great grandchildren: Sadie Rutkowski, Nicholas and Raven Bryant and Vanessa Coleman.

Lorene was a dedicated and loyal employee of the International She Company for 41 years. She was a loving and giving woman, devoted to God and her family. She loved to crochet.

Visitation will be held from 12-1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, at the Fowler and Sons Funeral Home at Neelyville, Missouri, with a 2 p.m. graveside service held at the Ash Hill Cemetery near Broseley, Tuesday with Rev. Clay Risner officiating.