JANICE "JAN" MAE BRIGHT, 72 passed away peacefully surrounded by her family June 29, 2022.  Jan was born December 26, 1949 in Saginaw, Michigan to Harold and Lillian (Klement) Bittner.  She was the youngest of four children.  She is preceded in death by her parents, one brother, Bradley Bittner, one sister, Diana (Bob) Amlotte, and her beloved husband of more than twenty years, Thede Aaron Bright, Jr. She is survived by one sister Pamela Offel (Keith); her children, Laury (Gary) Krueger, Carrie, Kessi and Earl Rainwater; her special daughters-in-law, Rachel Dode and Rebecca Nemecheck; ten grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren; many more very special nieces and nephews and many special friends in Michigan and Tennessee.  She loved her family and her canine fur babies, Bobo, Gigi, Zabeeb and LouLou. There will be a celebration of Jan's life in the not to distant future. The family requests memorials be sent to 3 ^rd Coast Labrador Retriever Rescue of Michigan.