Myrtle spent the majority of her life traveling around the world with her husband and children, living the life of a military family. She enjoyed quilting, sewing, ceramics, cooking, Christmas and tending to her family and spoiling her grandchildren.
Myrtle was preceded in death by her parents; son, Roger Dale Jackson; siblings, Bill, Jerry, and Johnny Thornton and Brenda Brasier. Survivors include her loving husband of 62 years, Frank; children Debbie Tobey, Connie Brown-Hooper (Steve), Christopher Jackson, Janet Churchwell (Evan); grandchildren, Amy Garrette (Tim), Chad Brown (Angela), Cole and Calli Brown, Mallory Churchwell (Sean Garbutt), Justin Churchwell (Melissa Filippo); great-grandchildren, Jackson, Reid, Mason, Savannah and Emma Garrette, Gage and Presley Brown, Mia Churchwell and Kynlee Garbutt; siblings, Herman Edward “Buck” Thornton, Jr. (Janet), Roy Thornton (Patsy), Ima Jean Vanzant, and Peggy Dawson (Fred).
In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, DC 20090-6011. http://www.alz.org. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at the Sunnylane Southern Baptist Church. Interment will follow at the Arlington Memory Gardens. Condolences may be offered at www.eisenhourfuneral.com
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