December 31, 2025
Elizabeth Ann Fannin Bryant, 58, of Ashland, Ky died Monday, December 29, 2025 at Kings Daughters Medical Center in Ashland. She was born June 29, 1967 in Ashland, Ky a daughter of the late Claude Newton “Skip” Fannin, Jr. and Judith Patrick Fannin. She was a Certified Nursing Assistant before becoming her most important job of all, a wife, mother, and grandmother. She is preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her loving husband of over 30 years Gerald Bryant, two children Johnathan Bryant of Ashland, Ky and Joseph (Tori) Bryant of Russell, Ky, ten grandchildren Lucas, Rachel, Landan, Levi, Dreama, Johnny, Niklaus, and his mother Brittany, Sutton, Tennesee, and Timoria, a brother Mike Briley, two sisters Kimberly Stevens of Elizabethtown, Ky and Suzy Hicks, a nephew Scott Stutler of Chillicothe, Ohio, three furbabies Coco, Duke, and Ginger, and a host of extended family and friends. A graveside service for Elizabeth will be conducted Friday, January 2, 2026 at 2:00 P.M. at the Ashland Cemetery Mausoleum Chapel by Chaplain Jimm Smedley. Friends may call at the mausoleum chapel one hour before service time Friday. Lazear Funeral Home is both honored and privileged to have been entrusted with the care of Mrs. Bryant.