Myrtle Holcombe's Obituary
Myrtle Mae Patterson Holcombe went to be with her Lord on November 6, 2013. She was born in West Point, Mississippi on April 7, 1924 and was an only child. Orphaned at an early age, Myrtle was blessed to be raised by her aunt and uncle, Annie Mae and Thomas Patterson, whom she knew as her mama and daddy. She gained two sisters and two brothers. She graduated as salutatorian from Belzoni High School in Belzoni, Mississippi, where she played on the state champion varsity basketball team. Myrtle moved to Memphis after graduation and went to work at Sears Robuck & Co.’s Crosstown location. There she met the love of her life, Willis Jefferson Holcombe, whom she married June 24, 1950 in Como, Mississippi. She was a member of Eudora Baptist Church and the Sears Retiree Club, and was a faithful fan of the Ole Miss Rebels. Myrtle was very outgoing and never met a stranger. In later years she and her dear friend Gladys Russell enjoyed doing market research together. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, a brother, Franklin Patterson, and a sister, Geneva Patterson Neely. She is survived by her only child, Karen Holcombe Logan(Mike) of Germantown, her grandson, Byron Norman Brown IV of Memphis, and step grandchildren Scott Logan (Christina) of Seattle, WA and Carol Logan Morton(JJ) of Chicago, IL, sister, Wardean Patterson Driver of Whiteville, TN, brother, Thomas “Bud” Patterson of Canton, MS and numerous nieces and nephews. Her family would like to thank the wonderful family at the Pointe at Kirby Gate for loving and caring for her this past year. She truly loved you all. In lieu of flowers, the family requests you send a donation to a charity of your choice. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until the service begins at 12 p.m. Friday, November 8 at Memorial Park Funeral Home. Burial will follow at 2 p.m. in Friendship Cemetery in Como, MS.Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5668 Poplar Ave. Memphis, TN 38119, (901)767-8930, “Behind the Stone Wall”.
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