He was born on January 23, 1918, in Anderson, IN to Earle and Margaret (Simmermon) Myers. He was a 1935 Lapel High School graduate and he received a B. S. from Purdue University in 1939 and had received the Distinguished Purdue Ag Alumni award. He was a farmer and he retired in 1993 from Myers Insurance and Real Estate which he founded in 1956. He was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Lapel, and was a charter member of the Lapel Lions Club. He was a 50 year member of the Lapel Masonic Lodge No. 625 and was a member of the Murat Temple Shrine. He had served on the board of directors of the former State Bank of Lapel and Citizens Bank and was a member of the Anderson Country Club. He is survived by his wife whom he married on June 18, 1941, Helen (Willits) Myers; two sons, Bob (wife, Kitty) Myers of Lapel, and Jim (wife, Cherie) Myers of Lapel; four granddaughters, Betsy (husband, Jim) Taylor, Julie (husband, Greg) Moster, Jennifer (husband, Sean) Connolly, and Amy Myers, and two great-grandsons. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Richard Myers; and a sister, Margery Woodward. Services will be held on Friday at 10:30 AM at Trinity United Methodist Church in Lapel, with Rev. Evan Lash officiating. Burial will be at the Brookside Cemetery in Lapel. Friends may call from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM Thursday at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Lapel.
He was born on January 23, 1918, in Anderson, IN to Earle and Margaret (Simmermon) Myers. He was a 1935 Lapel High School graduate and he received a B. S. from Purdue University in 1939 and had received the Distinguished Purdue Ag Alumni award. He was a farmer and he retired in 1993 from Myers Insurance and Real Estate which he founded in 1956. He was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Lapel, and was a charter member of the Lapel Lions Club. He was a 50 year member of the Lapel Masonic Lodge No. 625 and was a member of the Murat Temple Shrine. He had served on the board of directors of the former State Bank of Lapel and Citizens Bank and was a member of the Anderson Country Club. He is survived by his wife whom he married on June 18, 1941, Helen (Willits) Myers; two sons, Bob (wife, Kitty) Myers of Lapel, and Jim (wife, Cherie) Myers of Lapel; four granddaughters, Betsy (husband, Jim) Taylor, Julie (husband, Greg) Moster, Jennifer (husband, Sean) Connolly, and Amy Myers, and two great-grandsons. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Richard Myers; and a sister, Margery Woodward. Services will be held on Friday at 10:30 AM at Trinity United Methodist Church in Lapel, with Rev. Evan Lash officiating. Burial will be at the Brookside Cemetery in Lapel. Friends may call from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM Thursday at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Lapel.
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