Bernice Nelson Bryant Millar

KERNERSVILLE - Mrs. Bernice Nelson Bryant Millar, 90, died on September 4, 2009. She was born in Northampton County, NC on May 14, 1919 to Maggie Virginia Collier Nelson and Charles Wesley Nelson. Mrs. Millar was employed with Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company from 1948 until her retirement in 1979. During that time she was relocated from Rich Square to Williamston, and finally to Rocky Mount NC. She was a committed Christian who was active in churches wherever she lived. Mrs. Millar is preceded in death by her parents and her stepfather, Logan Nathaniel Collier; her husbands, Gilbert Millard Bryant and Dell Webb Millar and by her brother James Richard Nelson. Surviving are two daughters, Jeanne Bryant Wood (husband, Lloyd Phillip Wood) and Roxanna Bryant Kerley (husband, Nelson Glenn Kerley); a brother, Dr. Luther Sullivan Nelson; two grandchildren, Lt. Col. Nelson Glenn Kerley, Jr. (wife, Ruth), and Valerie Kerley Morris (husband, Robbie); and five great grandchildren, Tyler Glenn King, Brittany Bryant King, Logan Pearce Kerley, Troy Bryant Kerley and Sullivan Gram Kerley. A funeral service will be held at 3:00 on Monday, September 7 at the Jackson Methodist Church in Jackson NC followed by a graveside service at the Town of Conway Cemetery, Conway, NC. The family will receive friends at 2:00 pm on Monday, September 7 at the Jackson Methodist Church. Condolences may be sent to www.hayworth-miller.com.

Cemetery:
Town of Conway Cemetery

Visitation:
02:00pm - 12:00am on September 7, 2009 at Jackson United Methodist Church

Service:
Service at 03:00pm on September 7, 2009 at Jackson United Methodist Church