Mazel Pendergraph Bryant, 89, a lifelong resident of McMinnville, Tennessee died on Monday, September 30, 2019 with her daughter, Deborah Zemenick, at her side.

She is survived by her husband Bertram Walker Bryant, her daughter Deborah (Carl) Zemenick, grandchildren Bert Thurston, Sarah (Joseph) Starkey and Zachary (Izabel) Zemenick, great-grandchildren Mariah Vu and Derek Starkey; sisters Joyce Pinegar and Irene (Clinton) Butcher and a host of nieces and nephews.

Mazel was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Harold Pendergraph, her parents George Franklin Duncan and Bertha Luann Emery Duncan; and twelve of her 14 siblings: Oliver Duncan, Ira Duncan, Louis Duncan, George Duncan, Leslie Duncan, Lola Hall, Al Duncan, J. D. Duncan, Estelle Blair, Lorene Stewart, Mary Sue Harper and Drucilla Anderson.

Mazel was a faithful member of the McMinnville Seventh Day Adventist Church since the age of sixteen. Her church, her family, and gardening were her greatest loves. While we grieve her loss, we are comforted by the joy of loving and being loved by this special person.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Faulkner Springs Christian School at 215 Bluff Springs Road in McMinnville, Tennessee.

Funeral service will be at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, October 09, 2019 at the McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel. Pastor Dennis Clark will officiate. Interment will follow at the Gardens of Memory Cemetery. The family will receive from 11:00 A.M. until 1:00 P.M. on Wednesday at McMinnville Funeral Home.

Online condolences may be made at www.mcminnvillefuneralhome.com

McMinnville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 931-473-6606.
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