Charlotte Marie Bryant

Charlotte Marie Williamson died December 25, 2022, at age 89, in Louisville, Kentucky. She was born to Callie Mae Dancy and Richard Ragland in Stanton, Tennessee February 17, 1933. Adopted by Ola Mae and John Lee Williamson at 6 years of age, she was taken to Memphis, Tennessee. She maintained close relationships with her biological family, as the oldest of 7 children of Callie Mae Dancy Peterson and Robert Otis Peterson. She was a member of Brown Memorial CME church when the family moved to Louisville, graduating from Central High School. She attended St. Augustine Church while in college, and the latter part of her life became a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church. She attended Nazareth College for one year, transferring to the University of Louisville when the university desegregated in 1951. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University. As Charlotte Williamson, she was the first black medical technologist to graduate from the University of Louisville and the first black certified medical technologist in the state of Kentucky. She retired from the University of Louisville in 1996 after 35 years of service working in the Department of Microbiology and the Weisskopf Child Evaluation Center. She was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Melvin Young Bryant, Sr.; her sons, Melvin Young Bryant Jr., and Martin Timothy Bryant; brother James Otis Peterson; sisters - Susie Peterson Farmer, Josephine Peterson Gadson, and Yvonne Peterson Williams, and children by marriage Jerris Bryant Mallory, Vernon Benjamin Carter, and granddaughter Stacey Horton. Charlotte Bryant was devoted to her family embracing equally her birth children and those by marriage. She leaves to mourn her passing daughter Dr. Karen Krigger and grandchildren Jonathan and Kayla Krigger, and children by marriage Deborah Bryant, Shelia (Richard) Harris, and Rev. Gregory Carter; sisters Dr. Edith Faye Mitchell and Phyllis Arnold. She leaves a host of grandchildren, greatgrandchildren, nieces, nephews, and friends to her credit and memory. Visitation will be Wednesday January 4, 2023, from 10 am-12pm at Redeemer Lutheran Church 3640 River Park Drive, Louisville, Kentucky 40211 with services to follow at the church. Committal will be 2:30 pm Monday January 23, 2023, at Fort Knox Military Cemetery in Fort Knox, Kentucky. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Redeemer Lutheran Church Social Ministries, and St. Joseph’s Indian School P.O. Box 326 Chamberlain, SD 57326. services will be live stream via:Facebook.com/redeemerlouky or redeemerlouky.com

Charlotte Marie Bryant

February 17, 1933 - December 25, 2022