Mary Edna Bryant

Mary Edna (Eberling) Bryant, age 86, of Alliance, passed away Sunday, August 22, 2021 at Arbors at Minerva Nursing Home.

She was born July 3, 1935 in Alliance to the late Charles and Glenna (Riley) Eberling, the former owners of Marlboro Sand and Gravel.

Mary Edna worked at the former Molly Stark Hospital and retired from The Alliance Manufacturing Co.

She is survived by two daughters, Betty (Richard) Monson of Las Vegas, NV and Sharon (James) Boyce of Alliance; two sons, Gary Bryant of Atwater and Larry (Brenda) Bryant of Alliance; twelve grandchildren; and fourteen great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Arnold Harrison, whom she married October 28, 1950; a son, Kenneth Arnold; brothers, Charles, Lloyd “Sam”, William “Bill”, Richard and Albert “Joe”; and sisters, Gladys Eberling and Marjorie Louise Crick.

Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 28th at Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home with Pastor Jason Bryant officiating. Friends may call one hour prior to the service. Due to the spread of Covid-19, masks are strongly encouraged.

Interment will be at Marlboro Cemetery.

Arrangements are entrusted to Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home, 75 S. Union Ave. Alliance, Ohio 44601.