Mrs. Lera "Leigh" Blackwelder Bryant, 28, of Chatsworth, Ga., formerly of Salisbury, died Sept. 19, 1991, at Davis Hospital in Statesville as a result of an automobile accident. 

She was an employee of Beaulieu of America in Dalton, Ga. 

Funeral is 2 p.m. Monday at Liberty Baptist Church in Dalton. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at Kenemer Brothers Funeral Home, Dalton, Ga. Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.

Survivors are her husband, Lyndon of Chatsworth; daughter, Miss Elizabeth Bryant of Chatsworth; parents, Robert and Louise Blackwelder; brothers, Johnny Blackwelder of Texas, Billy Blackwelder, Jody Blackwelder of Nashville, Billy Blackwelder, Ricky Blackwelder; sisters, Mrs. Pam Miller of Mount Ulla, Mrs. Ann Shupe, Mrs. Deborah Graham.