Roper Funeral Home and Crematory 206 Holly St Jasper, GA 30143 (706) 253-7500 (706) 253-0040 www.roperfuneralhome.com Eleanor Annette Bryans entered the presence of her Lord and Savior on Friday, August 21, 2026. Annette devoted her life to Jesus, her family, teaching, and encouraging the people God placed in her life. Annette was born in Marietta, GA, and grew up in Brookhaven, GA before moving cross-country to San Fransico, CA and later Seattle, WA for a few years where she graduated from high school. In 1956, she moved back to Georgia to marry her high school sweetheart Robert (Bob) N. Bryans. They settled in East Marietta where they raised their three children, Robbe N. Bryans, Craig R. Bryans, and Elyse A. Bryans. They became charter members of Eastside Baptist Church in 1961, where Annette enjoyed singing in the choir, and Bob served in various leadership positions, including as a deacon. Over the next few decades, Annette was privileged to serve as a Senior High Girls' Sunday School teacher and chaperoned multiple summer choir tours and retreats with the youth group. For many years, the Bryans household hosted weekly Monday night Bible studies for the youth ministry, which Bob taught. Her lifelong example of a godly Christian woman became a legacy that many now consider to be a significant influence in their early Christian walk. As her children grew, attended college, established careers, and began families of their own, Annette discovered the joy of poetic free-verse writing through composing handwritten greeting cards for friends and family. Encouraged by the response from these personalized cards, she expanded her daily writing discipline. Ultimately, she spent nearly 10 years compiling, polishing, and publishing a book of her poetry, Walk With Me. The book is dedicated for commitment to service to family and friends who joyfully helped her complete it. Following high school, Annette received advanced education in modeling and worked several years at modeling shows, a perfect fit for her elegant personality. Her passion was working part-time as a teacher's aid and teacher in Eastside's pre-school. Later, she worked for one of Atlanta's premier residential real estate companies. She devoted her final years of working life to caring faithfully for her grandchildren, finding great joy and purpose in their daily lives. Annette, affectionately known to her grandchildren and family as Grannette, loved celebrating. Birthdays, holidays, and family gatherings were opportunities to dress up and bring the people she loved together. She was intentional about making these occasions special, and her gifts were always accompanied by one of her beautiful handwritten cards containing her poetry. She ended each visit with the same words "I love you, love everybody else for me." Annette leaves behind a legacy not only in the family she raised and the grandchildren she adored, but in the countless people she taught, encouraged, prayed for, and loved throughout her life. Her influence can be found in the lives of those who learned from her, in handwritten cards, in the songs she sang, and in the words of Scripture she repeated. She will be deeply missed by her family and friends, who will carry her memory, her faith, her words, and her love for them until they are reunited with her in the presence of Christ for eternity. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert (Bob) Newton Bryans; her son, Robert Newton (Robbe) Bryans Jr.; her twin brothers, William Ronald Wilson and James Donald (Don) Wilson; and her parents, William Howard Wilson, Jr. and Emma Kate Wilson, cousins William Harold (Bill) Wilson and James Alfred (Jim) Wilson. Annette is survived by her son, Craig Ronald Bryans, and his wife, Kim Marie Bryans; daughter, Elyse Annette Bryans; daughter-in-law, Celia Luann Bryans; granddaughters, Catherine Laura (Catie) Bryans, Amanda Bryans Jackson and her husband, Levi Jeffrey Jackson; grandsons, Benjamin Franklin Bryans and James Ronald Bryans; her sister-in-law, Janice Bryans; nephews, Kevin Cone, Brian Cone, Shannon Bryans, Allen Bryans Jr. and his daughter Misti Bryans; and her cousin Roberta Wilson Pegueros. She is also survived by many other beloved family members and friends. The family will be receiving friends at Roper Funeral Home on Friday August 28, 2026 from 10:00am until just prior to the funeral service. Funeral services will be held Friday August 28, 2026 at 11:00am in the Chapel of Roper Funeral Home with Reverend Alan Daniels officiating. The Interment will follow in Westview Cemetery in Atlanta, at 2:30pm the Cemetery is located at 1680 Westview Drive SW Atlanta Ga 30310. Refreshments will be served at the funeral home following the funeral service. Arrangements are entrusted to the Staff of Roper Funeral Home and Crematory.