Ora Irene (Maynard) Myatt (1918 - 1996)

Born 16 Nov 1918 in Baxter, Putnam, Tennessee, United States

Died 21 May 1996 at age 77 in Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Myrtle was born in 1918. She passed away about 1996.

Research Notes

• Ora Irene “Myrtle” Maynard Myatt

Birth: 16 Nov 1918 Baxter, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA Death: 21 May 1996 (aged 77) Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA Burial: Floral Lawn Memorial Gardens, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA Plot: Devotion 172B #4 (based on cemetery office confirmation of spouse's plot number) Memorial #: 221043288 Bio: Ora Myatt obituary published in Battle Creek Enquirer, 23 May 1996, Thu • Page 4

Ora I Myatt-Battle Creek

Ora I.(Maynard) Myatt, 77, of Battle Creek died Tuesday, May 21, 1996, in Battle Creek Health System, where she had been a patient six weeks. She had been ill several years.

She was born November 16, 1918, in Baxter, Tenn., to Charlie and Vergie (Allison) Maynard and moved to the area in 1950 from Tennessee.

She was employed at Kellogg Company for 27 years as a vitamin inspector, retiring in 1978.

She married Samuel Clarence Myatt. He died in 1966.

Surviving are sons, James D. Myatt of Lexington, Kentucky and Donald K. Myatt of Battle Creek; 10 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a sister, Pauline West of Battle Creek. . A son, William E. Myatt, died March 28, 1996

COMMUNITY INVOLEMENT, HOBBIES: Member of Church of Christ and the Kellogg 25 Year Club

VISITATION: After 2 p.m. at the Richard A. Henry Funeral Home.

SERVICE: 1 p.m. Friday in Floral Lawn Memorial Gardens Chapel. Family Members Parents Charles Maynard 1887-1966 Virgie J. Allison Maynard 1891-1974 Spouse Samuel C. Myatt 1914-1966 Siblings Ross Charley Maynard 1912-1996 Hubert Maynard 1914-1915 Pauline Maynard West 1916-2004 Magie Geneva Maynard Williams 1921-1980 Dimples Nancy Maynard Gonyer 1925-1990 Children William Earl Myatt 1936-1996 Donald K Myatt 1944-2017 James Dibrell Myatt 1946-2016 Created by: Heattown (48167120) Added: 13 Jan 2021 URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/221043288/ora-irene-myatt Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/221043288/ora-irene-myatt: accessed 12 January 2023), memorial page for Ora Irene “Myrtle” Maynard Myatt (16 Nov 1918–21 May 1996), Find a Grave Memorial ID 221043288, citing Floral Lawn Memorial Gardens, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Heattown (contributor 48167120).

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNPQ-F4P : 3 February 2021), Mertie Maynord in entry for Charlie Maynord, 1920.

• "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN6P-5N7 : 4 December 2014), Clarence Myatt and Myrtle Maynord, 13 Apr 1935; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 468, Putnam, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.