Laura Margaret Wilson Bryant

Laura Margaret Wilson-Bryant - At age 88, mom went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 13, 2019 at approximately 12:17 p.m. She was a resident Woodville Health & Rehabilitation Medical Center in Woodville, Texas. She was raised in McMinnville, Tennessee and lived there before coming to Woodville to be closer to her daughters. She was the youngest of her brothers and sisters of the Ford-Wilson family. She was married to Paul Nathan Bryant for 43 years and they had three children, Martha Paulette, Monty Philip (deceased), and Pamela Lynn. She had two sons-in-law: Tracy Smith and Rick Reeder along with two grandsons, Neil and Bronson Smith (twins). She had seven wonderful great-grandchildren; Brendan, Tracy Andrea, Maddy, Emi, Aly, Masa and Aki. Mom was a strong Christian woman and she placed her faith and trust in the Lord who got her through many valleys, and her constant prayers supported all of us. We looked upon her as the matriarch of the family. She had a great way of sharing the many stories of her life and the life of her large family with the all of her nieces, nephews, cousins and dear friends. Mom loved to travel; so we traveled all around the United States and finally settled in California. She had a very successful and long career as a cosmetology instructor and was a wonderful songwriter, storyteller, and author. For years she entered and won awards in singing contests at the County Fair. She also owned, with our dad, a skating rink, t-shirt shop, beauty salon, and parking lot cleaning company; just to name a few. From approximately the 1970’s through 2019, she had written and published many books and stories. She is published on Amazon and is in a magazine.  Her favorite book is on the history of the Ford-Wilson Family under her personal Bio, “As I Remember”. Back in 1980 our mama wrote a song: "Oh They Say That Jesus Is Coming"    "Mama you are in the arms of Jesus now and your with little Tulip, daddy, your mama and daddy, all your brothers and sisters and so many family and friends that were waiting for you at the Heavenly Gates! We love you and we will see you very soon!” We would like to cordially invite you to the Visitation Service at High Funeral Home, McMinnville, Tennessee from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, January 25, 2019.   Online condolences may be made at www.highfuneralhome.com   High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.