Mrs. Mary Ellen Bryant Fortner 92, of Huntingdon, Tennessee passed away Wednesday, August 7, 2013 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital.

Funeral services will be conducted on Sunday, August 11, 2013 at 2:00 PM in the Chapel of Chase Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Clark Cemetery. Rev. L. H. Hardwick, Jr. and Bro. Donald Ricketts, Jr will officiate the service.

The family will receive friends in the Cherrywood Room of Chase Funeral Home on Saturday from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM and on Sunday from 9:00 AM until time of service.

Pallbearers who will serve are Kelly Fortner, Matthew Stano, Joseph Fortner, Larry Goff, Jimmy McGee and John Drinkard.

Mrs. Fortner was born December 10, 1920 in Whitthorne, Tennessee to the late James H. and Emma McLemore Bryant. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Pentecostal Church Huntingdon. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 71 years, Rev. James Logan Fortner I; a brother, Billy O'Neil Bryant and a grandson, Louis John Stano, III.

She is survived by one daughter, Mary Bryant Fortner Stano (husband Louis) of Brentwood; two sons, Dr. James Logan Fortner II (wife Gloria) of Nashville and Joseph O'Neil Fortner (wife Lisa) of McKenzie. She also leaves nine grandchildren, Kelly Fortner (wife Peggy); Logan Fortner III (wife Judith); John Stano III; Jessica Fortner; Caroline Fortner; Rebecca Fortner Beverstein (husband Joe); Katherine Stano; Joseph Fortner (wife Emily) and Matthew Stano and five great grandchildren, Kirsten Fortner; Emma Arnold; Reagan Fortner; Ellison Fortner and Griffin Fortner.