Elizabeth G. Ryan

Mrs. Elizabeth G. Ryan, 76, of Cusseta, GA, died Thursday, February 6, 2014, at St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, GA. Services will be private.

Mrs. Ryan was born January 4, 1938, in Plaquemine, LA, to Christopher Adoniram and Leonaida Elizabeth Pinell Orillion. She was Catholic and attended Our Lady of Lords Catholic Church in Columbus, GA. She was employed by TIC Federal Credit Union as an accountant. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Jeffrey Trace Burnthorne, by a granddaughter, Breanne Preston, and by three brothers, Carl Orillion, Christopher Orillion, and Gerald Orillion.

She is survived by her husband, Patrick Ryan of Cusseta, GA; three daughters, Karilyn Williams of Daytona Beach, FL, Candace Preston of Redding, CA, and Kacey Martin of Nashville, TN; two brothers, Robert Orillion of Lajolla, CA, and Larry Orillion of Walker, LA; her best friend and cousin for 70 years, Carolyn Cox Elliott of Central, LA; seven grandchildren, Bobby Ryan Penny, Jennifer Ivey, Bronwynn Beetz, Darrell Preston, Crystal Melton, Melissa Burrill, and Amber Preston; and 16 Great-Grandchildren.

Thank God for all the blessings she received in her life.

Watson-Tante Funeral Home of Buena Vista, Georgia, is in charge of these arrangements.