ObituariesJune 25, 1999

WYATT -- Myrtle Garner, 93, of Wyatt died Wednesday, June 23, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 17, 1906, in Stoddard County, daughter of John Barton and Nancy Pearl Johnson Zuck. She and Clarence James Garner were married in November 1925. He died Dec. 23, 1980...

WYATT -- Myrtle Garner, 93, of Wyatt died Wednesday, June 23, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born May 17, 1906, in Stoddard County, daughter of John Barton and Nancy Pearl Johnson Zuck. She and Clarence James Garner were married in November 1925. He died Dec. 23, 1980.

Garner lived at Wyatt most of her life, moving to the East Prairie Nursing Center in 1995. She was a member of New Covenant Pentecostal Holiness Church.

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Survivors include four sons, Ed Garner of Marion, Ill., David Garner of Herrin, Ill., Jim Garner of Steele, Glen Garner of Sharples, W.Va.; a daughter, Jean Coleman of Berea, Ohio; 18 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two sons, two daughters, four brothers, and three sisters.

Friends may call at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston after 5 p.m. today.

Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Revs. Leroy Thornton and Danny Hutton officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery at East Prairie.

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