Mrs. Martha Dixon Bryan, 87, of Bartley Road in Edgefield, wife of the late Ernest Rhett Bryan Sr., died Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at Edgefield County Hospital.

Funeral services were held Friday, April 23, at 2 p.m. at Berea Baptist Church. Burial was in Little Stevens Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.

Mrs. Bryan was a native of Avera, Ga. and was the daughter of the late George and Florrie Gibbs Dixon. She was a member of Berea Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School for 55 years and served as the church’s first hostess. She was retired from Reigel/Mt. Vernon Mills.

Survivors include two sons, Ernest R. “Bubba” Bryan Jr. and his wife Penny, Edgefield, and Dixon B. Bryan and his wife Dianne, Ninety Six; eight grandchildren; and 14 grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband; her daughter, Mary Louise Lesesne Mitchell; and two brothers, Ralph and Gibbs Dixon.

Memorial may be made to Berea Baptist Church Building Fund, 508 Bauskett St., Edgefield, SC 29824 or to Little Stevens Creek Cemetery Fund, 1146 Hwy. 378 East, Edgefield, SC 29824.

Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.