Helen Bryant, 75, of Gainesville died Friday August 20, 2010 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following a short illness. Born January 30, 1935 to the late Thomas Lee, Sr. and Carrie Lee Bryant, she was a lifelong resident of Forsyth County. Miss Bryant was a homemaker and attended Prospect Baptist Church. She was also preceded in death by her sisters, Flonnie Reynolds, Lula Belle Ingram; and brothers, William “Jay” Bryant, Clarence Bryant, Willis Bryant, and Thomas Bryant, Jr. Surviving are her sisters and brothers in law, Patricia and James Stephens, Pickens, SC, Betty Sue and Roy Hicks, Gainesville, Dollie Wilkins, Gainesville; brother and sister in law, Egbert and Linda Bryant, Gainesville; sisters in law, Mildred Bryant, Gainesville, Sara Bryant, Gainesville; and a large number of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends also survive. Funeral services will be held Sunday August 22, 2010 at 2 o’clock at Bearden Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Franklin Grant and Rev. Stanley Hicks will officiate. Interment will follow in the Salem Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends after 6 pm Saturday at the funeral home. Condolences may be sent to www.beardenfuneralhome.com. Bearden Funeral Home, Dawsonville, GA.