Newsoms – Nellie Worrell Bryant, 94, widow of Leslie Paylor Bryant, passed away November 2, 2017 at Southampton Memorial Hospital after a brief illness . Mrs. Bryant was born in Hertford County, NC and was a daughter of the late Milton Harrell Worrell and Laura Mae Whitley Worrell Pope and was also predeceased by two brothers, Edward Worrell and George Bennie Pope, Jr.

Mrs. Bryant was a member of Rock Church of Franklin.

Left to cherish her memory are two daughters, Betty Mulder and husband John of Courtland and Nancy Carl and husband Jim of Aurora, CO, two grandchildren, Bethany Casados and Andy Garcia and three sisters, Ruth Culbertson and Alice Mansfield both of Suffolk and Laura Eva Holland of Edenton, NC and several nieces and nephews.

A special thank you to her Rock Church family and especially Mark and Tina Scott for their love and support.

A funeral service will be held at 2 PM Monday November 6, 2017 at Wright Funeral Home, Franklin with Pastor David Dillon officiating. The burial will follow in Hollywood Cemetery, Newsoms. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 PM Sunday at the funeral home and suggests that memorial donations be made to the Rock Church of Franklin. www.wrightfuneralhome.org