Bryan-Lee Funeral Home began in 1976 with a group of interested Garner residents. Twenty-two residents, including Steve Bryan and Alex Lee, put together a corporation named Service Investment Corporation. The name was later changed to Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, Inc.

Bryan-Lee Funeral Home opened on January 29, 1977 and began serving families within 24 hours. In 1983, Bryan and Lee purchased most of the outstanding shares of stock in the corporation. In 1986, Alex Lee purchased Mr. Bryan's shares of the business and Mr. Bryan purchased a funeral business in Swan Quarter, NC. Bryan-Lee Funeral Home is now solely owned by Mary and Alex Lee.

Bryan-Lee operates with a staff of eight full time employees including Mary and Alex. All other employees work on a part-time basis. This reduces overhead which is a large part of the operating cost. Bryan-Lee Funeral Home is one of the most self sufficient funeral facilities in our area. In addition to being a complete funeral establishment, Bryan-Lee sets its own prices, opens and closes its own graves, and has its own monument operation.

In 1993, Bryan-Lee opened a second facility in Angier, NC, about 18 miles south of the Garner location. Angier is the hometown of Alex's father. On January 3, 1997, The Lee's purchased the Dortsch-Andrews home at 831 Wake Forest Road in Raleigh with plans to operate a funeral facility in this location. After renovations and some additions, Bryan-Lee opened its third facility in the fall of 2000.

Bryan-Lee Funeral Home is a member of the North Carolina Funeral Directors Association, The National Funeral Directors Association, The Order of the Golden Rule and the Selected Independent Funeral Homes. Bryan-Lee is one of only seven homes in North Carolina to hold membership in both the Order of Golden Rule and National Selected Morticians.

Bryan-Lee is also proud to be the only family owned and operated funeral home in the Raleigh, Garner, Angier and Clayton area.