Funeral services for Mrs. Doris Marie Bryan, 78, of Nacogdoches, Texas will be held on Friday, September 2, 2011, at 10:00 am at Laird Funeral Home with Rev. Bill Hunter officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park.
Doris Marie Bryan
Mrs. Bryan was born on September 10, 1932, in Gonzales, Louisiana to the late Dosilva and Donatile St. Germain Cedotal. She passed away peacefully on August 30, 2011, in Nacogdoches, Texas.
Mrs. Bryan was born and raised in southern Louisiana. She married her husband, Glynn Bryan and they relocated to Nacogdoches. She loved to cook cajun seafood and made the best chicken and dressing and also enjoyed teaching others how to cook. She loved zydeco and gospel music, sewing and making crafts. Marie loved to shop so much that she was known by the sales clerks at the shops she frequented by name. Her family affectionately called her “Marie the Roadrunner”. She was a people person, never met a stranger, took in stray friends and would go out of her way to help anyone in need. She also loved traveling and family get-to-gethers. Her family was her life. Marie was an LSU and New Orleans Saints fan as well. She attended Grace Baptist Church and ministered to others about the Lord. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and all who came to know Marie will miss her tremendously.
Marie is survived by her husband, Glynn Bryan of Nacogdoches; children, Brenda Gossage of Nacogdoches, Kenneth Miller of Baytown, Cindy Miller Christian and husband, Danny of Onalaska and Melissa Mason Sheffield and husband, Wes of Fort Worth; seven grandchildren, Jessica Cooper Hammarbeck, Vito Miller, Joshua Cooper, Bryan Campbell, Jennifer Williams, Breanna Campbell and Garyn Sheffield; five great-grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews and other extended family and good friends.
She was preceded by her parents, Dosilva and Donatile Cedotal and one son, Gary Miller.
Pallbearers will be Brian Campbell, Vito Miller, Joshua Cooper, Andrew Hammarbeck, Freddy Gomez and David DeLaCerda.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, September 1, 2011, from 6-8 pm at Laird Funeral Home.
