Fannie Jane Watson Kirkland

Sylva, NC - Fannie Jane Watson Kirkland, age 77, went to be with the Lord and her family, Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at Mountain Trace Nursing Home in Sylva, NC. She was a native of Jackson County, NC the daughter of the late Grover and Leona Franklin Watson. She was married to the late Glenn Thomas Kirkland. She was a homemaker and a member of Yellow Mountain Baptist Church. She worked at High Hampton Inn and Cashiers sewing plant. She loved gardening and crafts.

She is survived by her two daughters, Diane Bryson Moss and her husband John of Yellow Mtn., NC and Laqueta Krikland Childers and her husband, Dennis of Salem, SC; two sons, Wayne Fred Bryson and Keater Kirkland both of Yellow Mtn., NC; one brother, Ira Grover Watson and his wife Aileen of Gastonia, NC. Six grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild, Jaydon David Parris, that she didn’t get to know. She was preceded in death by two sons, David Lee Bryson and Theron Thomas Kirkland; and one sister, Ina Watson.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 10 at 1:00 PM at Yellow Mtn. Baptist Church with Rev. Keith Ashe and Rev. Johnny Norris officiating. Burial will be held at Pine Creek Cemetery.

The family will receive friends Friday, October 9 from 6:00-8:00 PM at Bryant-Grant Funeral Home in Highlands where the body will remain until placed in the Church thirty minutes prior to service.

Bryant-Grant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences are available by visiting bryantgrantfuneralhome.com or by email.