The Rev. Dean Bryant gave up the full-time pastorate more than a decade ago, but he never gave up ministering to ailing patients and their families. In the past few weeks, even as he lay on his own sickbed, he continued reaching out to people. "No matter who came in (the room), he would call them by name," said his daughter, Debra Maxwell of Dahlonega, recalling him on Wednesday. "(These were) people I didn't remember, but Dad would, no matter how long ago.