William Bryant McRee, Sr., age 87, of Grenada, passed away Monday, December 16, 2024. Bryant was born October 28, 1937, in Eupora, MS to Rudolph and Laurie McRee.

Bryant was a very active and invested member of Grenada First Methodist Church where you could hear his bass voice in the choir for over 40 years. He served in many capacities for the Church including teaching Sunday school and chairing probably every committee at one time or another over the years. He loved the Lord and his Church. Bryant was also civic minded and involved in the Grenada community.  He was a long-standing member and a previous past President of the Rotary Club of Grenada.  In 2001, he was crowned King of the Grenada Junior Auxiliary's Charity Ball.  Bryant also served on the Board of Grenada Lake Medical Center for several years.

Bryant moved his family to Grenada in 1961 to join his brother, Henry McRee as a partner in McRee Feed Mill, Inc.  Their business grew in Mississippi's agricultural community to become McRee's Southern Farm Eggs, a major supplier of fresh eggs, and a household name for over 30 years in North Mississippi and into Memphis.

Bryant is preceded in death by his wife Ruth, whom he was married to for 64 years, his brothers Henry McRee and Rudolph McRee, and his sister Ruthie McDearman.

Bryant will be lovingly remembered by all that knew him and by his immediate family of four sons:  Bill McRee and his wife Vicky, of Grenada, Tommy McRee of Grenada, Bobby McRee and his wife Melba, of Hernando, Jody McRee and his wife Tracie, of Hernando; seven grandchildren:  Elizabeth Barlow and her husband Hunter, of Madison, Emily Webb and her husband Daniel, of Jackson, Jessica Edwards and her husband Shea of Santa Barbara, CA, Lewis McRee of Hernando, Ana Wren McRee of Hernando, Justin McRee of Hernando, and Corbin McRee of Hernando; and seven great grandchildren, Dorothy Kate, Ellis, and Joe Barlow, William and Henry Webb, Jack and Luke Edwards.

Funeral services will be held at the Grenada First Methodist Church on Sunday, December 22, 2024, with a reception to celebrate Bryant's life at 1:00 and a Service at 2:30, both at the Church. Interment at the McRee family plot will immediately follow at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Grenada.

Steve Clark, Hunter Barlow, Daniel Webb, Justin McRee, Lewis McRee and Corbin McRee will honor Bryant by serving as pallbearers and carry him to rest in Woodlawn Memorial Park.