Obituary, Florida Times-Union, November 11, 2012
Myrtle Lee Walden, 94, passed away at peace November 8, 2012.
To those who loved her she was simply Granny. She owned and operated Walden's Nursery for 30 years. She was very proud of the fact that she rooted or grew her stock from seeds. She lived alone, ran the nursery and drove her car until she was 85.
Myrtle (Granny) was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Franklin Paul Walden; a daughter Frankie Lee Walden Fewox; brothers Roy and Gus Pitts; and her parents, John Hardy Pitts and Noma Jean (Jones) Pitts Mattox. She is survived by daughter June Marie Daniels (Carl) of Saint John's FL; sisters Helen Louise Hankins (J.T.) of Duluth, GA, and Dorothy Maxine Fletcher of Tallahassee, FL; brother Homer Gene Mattox (Joanne) of Tallahassee, FL; 7 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, 4 great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held Tuesday November 13, 2012 6 -8 PM at Hardage-Giddens Funeral Home 729 Edgewood Ave, Jacksonville. Graveside funeral service will be Wednesday November 14 at Riverside Memorial Park Normandy Blvd, Jacksonville, Rev. Noel Roberts, Bethel Temple Assembly of God officiating.
Myrtle Lee Walden, 94, passed away at peace November 8, 2012.
To those who loved her she was simply Granny. She owned and operated Walden's Nursery for 30 years. She was very proud of the fact that she rooted or grew her stock from seeds. She lived alone, ran the nursery and drove her car until she was 85.
Myrtle (Granny) was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Franklin Paul Walden; a daughter Frankie Lee Walden Fewox; brothers Roy and Gus Pitts; and her parents, John Hardy Pitts and Noma Jean (Jones) Pitts Mattox. She is survived by daughter June Marie Daniels (Carl) of Saint John's FL; sisters Helen Louise Hankins (J.T.) of Duluth, GA, and Dorothy Maxine Fletcher of Tallahassee, FL; brother Homer Gene Mattox (Joanne) of Tallahassee, FL; 7 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, 4 great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held Tuesday November 13, 2012 6 -8 PM at Hardage-Giddens Funeral Home 729 Edgewood Ave, Jacksonville. Graveside funeral service will be Wednesday November 14 at Riverside Memorial Park Normandy Blvd, Jacksonville, Rev. Noel Roberts, Bethel Temple Assembly of God officiating.
Obituary, Florida Times-Union, November 11, 2012
Myrtle Lee Walden, 94, passed away at peace November 8, 2012.
To those who loved her she was simply Granny. She owned and operated Walden's Nursery for 30 years. She was very proud of the fact that she rooted or grew her stock from seeds. She lived alone, ran the nursery and drove her car until she was 85.
Myrtle (Granny) was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Franklin Paul Walden; a daughter Frankie Lee Walden Fewox; brothers Roy and Gus Pitts; and her parents, John Hardy Pitts and Noma Jean (Jones) Pitts Mattox. She is survived by daughter June Marie Daniels (Carl) of Saint John's FL; sisters Helen Louise Hankins (J.T.) of Duluth, GA, and Dorothy Maxine Fletcher of Tallahassee, FL; brother Homer Gene Mattox (Joanne) of Tallahassee, FL; 7 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, 4 great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held Tuesday November 13, 2012 6 -8 PM at Hardage-Giddens Funeral Home 729 Edgewood Ave, Jacksonville. Graveside funeral service will be Wednesday November 14 at Riverside Memorial Park Normandy Blvd, Jacksonville, Rev. Noel Roberts, Bethel Temple Assembly of God officiating.
Myrtle Lee Walden, 94, passed away at peace November 8, 2012.
To those who loved her she was simply Granny. She owned and operated Walden's Nursery for 30 years. She was very proud of the fact that she rooted or grew her stock from seeds. She lived alone, ran the nursery and drove her car until she was 85.
Myrtle (Granny) was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Franklin Paul Walden; a daughter Frankie Lee Walden Fewox; brothers Roy and Gus Pitts; and her parents, John Hardy Pitts and Noma Jean (Jones) Pitts Mattox. She is survived by daughter June Marie Daniels (Carl) of Saint John's FL; sisters Helen Louise Hankins (J.T.) of Duluth, GA, and Dorothy Maxine Fletcher of Tallahassee, FL; brother Homer Gene Mattox (Joanne) of Tallahassee, FL; 7 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, 4 great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held Tuesday November 13, 2012 6 -8 PM at Hardage-Giddens Funeral Home 729 Edgewood Ave, Jacksonville. Graveside funeral service will be Wednesday November 14 at Riverside Memorial Park Normandy Blvd, Jacksonville, Rev. Noel Roberts, Bethel Temple Assembly of God officiating.
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