Raymond Lee Myers Sr.
Published 5:00 am Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Services for Raymond Lee Myers Sr., of Raymond, will be held at1 p.m. on Monday, June 2, at the chapel at Lakewood South FuneralHome in Jackson with burial at Lakewood Memorial Park South.
Mr. Myers, 70, died May 30, 2008, at St. Dominic-JacksonMemorial Hospital in Jackson. He was born on June 4, 1937, inWilmot, Ark., to A.R. Myers and Emmie McCain Myers. He was rearedin Parkdale, Ark., where as a young adult he worked as aphysician’s assistant until he enlisted in the United States Navy.He proudly served his country from 1955 until 1959. He wasstationed in Bethesda, Md. It was there that he met and married thelove of his life, Patricia Fairfax. They married in 1955 and movedto Jackson and made a home and started a family.
In the early ’60s, Raymond opened Myers Auto Supply where hediligently worked until recently. He loved to work in his yard andwas an avid Mississippi State sports fan. More than anything,Raymond was a faithful and devoted husband and a loving father,grandfather and brother.
Preceding him in death were his parents and his wife, PatriciaFairfax Myers.
Survivors are his children, Raymond Lee Myers Jr. and his wifeKelly, of Terry, Suzanne Carmody, of Lakeland, Tenn., BarbaraMcBeth and her husband Rob, of Brookhaven, and Kathy Hilton and herhusband Monty, of Byram; his brother Loyd Myers and wife Donna, ofDermott, Ark.; his sisters, Veda Sivils and husband Leon, ofMonroe, La., and Carolyn Lewis and husband Jerry, of Pearl; andgrandchildren Ryan and Sydney McBeth, Jack and Emma Grace Hilton,Mason and Rachel Myers and Caroline Carmody; and sister-in-law andbrother-in-law Madeline and Frank Filipovich.
Memorials can be made to the American Heart Association, P.O.Box 16808, Jackson, MS 39236.
The online guestbook can be signed atwww.lakewoodfuneralhomes.com.