Loving mother, sister, grandmother, neighbor, and friend to many, Myrtie Mozell Chapman Bailey Brown, returned to her family, friends, and Heavenly Father on January 7, 1997.
Myrtie was born January 14, 1909, the first daughter of George Earl Chapman and Cordelia Caroline Black in Macon County, North Carolina.
Myrtie was raised in Georgia, North and South Carolina where she learned her Southern hospitality known well by all who knew and loved her.
Myrtie was a Christian woman of charity who loved the Lord and her fellowmen. She dedicated her life to service to whomever she saw in need. She served as a Mission Relief Society president under LeGrande Richards in the Southern States Mission.
She married, later in life, Joseph Smith Bailey of Rupert, Idaho in the Salt Lake Temple on September 15, 1942. She helped him raise his first family and they had three children of her own. They moved to Florida in 1950 to help build the Church. After Joseph's death, she moved to Utah in 1971 to be near family members. She married David Moroni Brown on May 14, 1977.
She served in her church in every organization from nursery leader to Relief Society president wherever she lived. Her life's passion was her family and her church service. She loved to read the scriptures, church magazines, and gospel related books. She called her books her friends of learning.
Myrtie was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, five brothers, Beuford, Milford, Charles, Russell and Norman, two sisters, Hazel and Dessa and a step-son, Joseph Astle Bailey. Her children include: Carol (Gary) Greenwood, Pleasant View; Leslie (Winda) Bailey, Peter's Creek, Alaska; Gerald (Lula) Bailey, Eagle River, Alaska; her stepchildren: Thurlow (Donnetta) Bailey, Sandy; LaRee (Glen) Wade, Santa Barbara, California; Ardy (John) Smith, Nibley; Glen (Catherine) Bailey, Nibley; Della (Norman) Jolley, Pocatello, Idaho; Valora (Dennis) Evans, Idaho Falls, Idaho; a daughter-in-law, Beverly (Joseph A. Bailey), Murray; Susan (John) Clements, Ann (Steven) Hadley, Leah (Jeff) Kinney, all of North Ogden; and Ralene (Shin) Ishii of Tokyo, Japan. Her surviving siblings are: Marjorie (Albert) Bunn, Burley, Idaho; James Arley (Mable) Chapman, Forest City, North Carolina; William Harley (Jean) Chapman of Fair Oaks, California; a sister-in-law, LaVera (Milford) Chapman of Easley, South Carolina; sister-in-law, Frances (Russell) Chapman of Forest City, North Carolina. She had many lifelong friends including her special girlhood friends, Myra Carter Stewart, Bountiful; and Mary Carter Parker, Ovid, Idaho. Myrtle and Joseph had 48 grandchildren, 97 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren and she shared 16 grandchildren and one great-grandchild with David.
She will be buried in Rupert Cemetery, Rupert, Idaho, next to her first beloved husband, Joseph. Graveside Services will be held at noon on January 11, 1997.
She wished to admonish all her posterity and fellow Saints to hold fast to the iron rod until we meet again.
Published in the Deseret News on 1/9/1997.
Myrtie was born January 14, 1909, the first daughter of George Earl Chapman and Cordelia Caroline Black in Macon County, North Carolina.
Myrtie was raised in Georgia, North and South Carolina where she learned her Southern hospitality known well by all who knew and loved her.
Myrtie was a Christian woman of charity who loved the Lord and her fellowmen. She dedicated her life to service to whomever she saw in need. She served as a Mission Relief Society president under LeGrande Richards in the Southern States Mission.
She married, later in life, Joseph Smith Bailey of Rupert, Idaho in the Salt Lake Temple on September 15, 1942. She helped him raise his first family and they had three children of her own. They moved to Florida in 1950 to help build the Church. After Joseph's death, she moved to Utah in 1971 to be near family members. She married David Moroni Brown on May 14, 1977.
She served in her church in every organization from nursery leader to Relief Society president wherever she lived. Her life's passion was her family and her church service. She loved to read the scriptures, church magazines, and gospel related books. She called her books her friends of learning.
Myrtie was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, five brothers, Beuford, Milford, Charles, Russell and Norman, two sisters, Hazel and Dessa and a step-son, Joseph Astle Bailey. Her children include: Carol (Gary) Greenwood, Pleasant View; Leslie (Winda) Bailey, Peter's Creek, Alaska; Gerald (Lula) Bailey, Eagle River, Alaska; her stepchildren: Thurlow (Donnetta) Bailey, Sandy; LaRee (Glen) Wade, Santa Barbara, California; Ardy (John) Smith, Nibley; Glen (Catherine) Bailey, Nibley; Della (Norman) Jolley, Pocatello, Idaho; Valora (Dennis) Evans, Idaho Falls, Idaho; a daughter-in-law, Beverly (Joseph A. Bailey), Murray; Susan (John) Clements, Ann (Steven) Hadley, Leah (Jeff) Kinney, all of North Ogden; and Ralene (Shin) Ishii of Tokyo, Japan. Her surviving siblings are: Marjorie (Albert) Bunn, Burley, Idaho; James Arley (Mable) Chapman, Forest City, North Carolina; William Harley (Jean) Chapman of Fair Oaks, California; a sister-in-law, LaVera (Milford) Chapman of Easley, South Carolina; sister-in-law, Frances (Russell) Chapman of Forest City, North Carolina. She had many lifelong friends including her special girlhood friends, Myra Carter Stewart, Bountiful; and Mary Carter Parker, Ovid, Idaho. Myrtle and Joseph had 48 grandchildren, 97 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren and she shared 16 grandchildren and one great-grandchild with David.
She will be buried in Rupert Cemetery, Rupert, Idaho, next to her first beloved husband, Joseph. Graveside Services will be held at noon on January 11, 1997.
She wished to admonish all her posterity and fellow Saints to hold fast to the iron rod until we meet again.
Published in the Deseret News on 1/9/1997.
Loving mother, sister, grandmother, neighbor, and friend to many, Myrtie Mozell Chapman Bailey Brown, returned to her family, friends, and Heavenly Father on January 7, 1997.
Myrtie was born January 14, 1909, the first daughter of George Earl Chapman and Cordelia Caroline Black in Macon County, North Carolina.
Myrtie was raised in Georgia, North and South Carolina where she learned her Southern hospitality known well by all who knew and loved her.
Myrtie was a Christian woman of charity who loved the Lord and her fellowmen. She dedicated her life to service to whomever she saw in need. She served as a Mission Relief Society president under LeGrande Richards in the Southern States Mission.
She married, later in life, Joseph Smith Bailey of Rupert, Idaho in the Salt Lake Temple on September 15, 1942. She helped him raise his first family and they had three children of her own. They moved to Florida in 1950 to help build the Church. After Joseph's death, she moved to Utah in 1971 to be near family members. She married David Moroni Brown on May 14, 1977.
She served in her church in every organization from nursery leader to Relief Society president wherever she lived. Her life's passion was her family and her church service. She loved to read the scriptures, church magazines, and gospel related books. She called her books her friends of learning.
Myrtie was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, five brothers, Beuford, Milford, Charles, Russell and Norman, two sisters, Hazel and Dessa and a step-son, Joseph Astle Bailey. Her children include: Carol (Gary) Greenwood, Pleasant View; Leslie (Winda) Bailey, Peter's Creek, Alaska; Gerald (Lula) Bailey, Eagle River, Alaska; her stepchildren: Thurlow (Donnetta) Bailey, Sandy; LaRee (Glen) Wade, Santa Barbara, California; Ardy (John) Smith, Nibley; Glen (Catherine) Bailey, Nibley; Della (Norman) Jolley, Pocatello, Idaho; Valora (Dennis) Evans, Idaho Falls, Idaho; a daughter-in-law, Beverly (Joseph A. Bailey), Murray; Susan (John) Clements, Ann (Steven) Hadley, Leah (Jeff) Kinney, all of North Ogden; and Ralene (Shin) Ishii of Tokyo, Japan. Her surviving siblings are: Marjorie (Albert) Bunn, Burley, Idaho; James Arley (Mable) Chapman, Forest City, North Carolina; William Harley (Jean) Chapman of Fair Oaks, California; a sister-in-law, LaVera (Milford) Chapman of Easley, South Carolina; sister-in-law, Frances (Russell) Chapman of Forest City, North Carolina. She had many lifelong friends including her special girlhood friends, Myra Carter Stewart, Bountiful; and Mary Carter Parker, Ovid, Idaho. Myrtle and Joseph had 48 grandchildren, 97 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren and she shared 16 grandchildren and one great-grandchild with David.
She will be buried in Rupert Cemetery, Rupert, Idaho, next to her first beloved husband, Joseph. Graveside Services will be held at noon on January 11, 1997.
She wished to admonish all her posterity and fellow Saints to hold fast to the iron rod until we meet again.
Published in the Deseret News on 1/9/1997.
Myrtie was born January 14, 1909, the first daughter of George Earl Chapman and Cordelia Caroline Black in Macon County, North Carolina.
Myrtie was raised in Georgia, North and South Carolina where she learned her Southern hospitality known well by all who knew and loved her.
Myrtie was a Christian woman of charity who loved the Lord and her fellowmen. She dedicated her life to service to whomever she saw in need. She served as a Mission Relief Society president under LeGrande Richards in the Southern States Mission.
She married, later in life, Joseph Smith Bailey of Rupert, Idaho in the Salt Lake Temple on September 15, 1942. She helped him raise his first family and they had three children of her own. They moved to Florida in 1950 to help build the Church. After Joseph's death, she moved to Utah in 1971 to be near family members. She married David Moroni Brown on May 14, 1977.
She served in her church in every organization from nursery leader to Relief Society president wherever she lived. Her life's passion was her family and her church service. She loved to read the scriptures, church magazines, and gospel related books. She called her books her friends of learning.
Myrtie was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, five brothers, Beuford, Milford, Charles, Russell and Norman, two sisters, Hazel and Dessa and a step-son, Joseph Astle Bailey. Her children include: Carol (Gary) Greenwood, Pleasant View; Leslie (Winda) Bailey, Peter's Creek, Alaska; Gerald (Lula) Bailey, Eagle River, Alaska; her stepchildren: Thurlow (Donnetta) Bailey, Sandy; LaRee (Glen) Wade, Santa Barbara, California; Ardy (John) Smith, Nibley; Glen (Catherine) Bailey, Nibley; Della (Norman) Jolley, Pocatello, Idaho; Valora (Dennis) Evans, Idaho Falls, Idaho; a daughter-in-law, Beverly (Joseph A. Bailey), Murray; Susan (John) Clements, Ann (Steven) Hadley, Leah (Jeff) Kinney, all of North Ogden; and Ralene (Shin) Ishii of Tokyo, Japan. Her surviving siblings are: Marjorie (Albert) Bunn, Burley, Idaho; James Arley (Mable) Chapman, Forest City, North Carolina; William Harley (Jean) Chapman of Fair Oaks, California; a sister-in-law, LaVera (Milford) Chapman of Easley, South Carolina; sister-in-law, Frances (Russell) Chapman of Forest City, North Carolina. She had many lifelong friends including her special girlhood friends, Myra Carter Stewart, Bountiful; and Mary Carter Parker, Ovid, Idaho. Myrtle and Joseph had 48 grandchildren, 97 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren and she shared 16 grandchildren and one great-grandchild with David.
She will be buried in Rupert Cemetery, Rupert, Idaho, next to her first beloved husband, Joseph. Graveside Services will be held at noon on January 11, 1997.
She wished to admonish all her posterity and fellow Saints to hold fast to the iron rod until we meet again.
Published in the Deseret News on 1/9/1997.
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