Source: “The Stewart-Houston Times” Newspaper, a weekly newspaper of Stewart County and Houston County in Tennessee

Date of Newspaper: Tuesday, January 30, 1973
Page: A-2

Name: Myrtle (Boone) Averitt
Age: 74
Born: December 15, 1898 in Houston County, TN.
Died: January 24, 1973 at Montgomery County Nursing Home in Montgomery County, TN.
Funeral: January 26, 1973 with Nave Funeral Home in Erin, Houston County, TN.
Burial: Alsobrooks Cemetery in Houston County, TN.
Parents: Mumpford Boone and Ella Alsobrooks
Deceased Spouse: Noah Averitt
Surviving Children: Harold Averitt, J.V. Averitt, Mrs. Lorene Batson, Mrs. Catherine Ingham, Mrs. Rosella Smith, Mrs. Ouelean Moore
Surviving Siblings: Hoyt Boone, Alfred Boone, Mrs. Ola Buckingham

If anyone is interested in a copy of the full and original obituary, I would be glad to share. Contact me at the email below.

Melissa Barker
Genealogist for Tennessee and Kentucky
E-mail: kaitysmom@peoplestel.net