Myrtle Mae Jeffers' Obituary
Myrtle Mae Jeffers, 89, of Memphis died Saturday, July 28, 2018 in Memphis.
Services will be held on Monday, July 30, 2018 at 2:00 pm in the Fairview Cemetery Chapel in Memphis with Rev. Rob Seale, officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery.
Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Memphis.
Mae was born on April 27, 1929 in St. Augustine, Texas to Henry Z. and Myrtle Dunn Sowell. She was married to James Jeffers in 1947. She was a resident of Memphis for most of her life where she was a member of Travis Baptist Church. She most recently attended Calvary Baptist Church in Clarendon. She taught Sunday school for many years. She was known for her delicious Christmas candy and spud-nuts. She loved her family and was wonderful mother and mema.
She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; a brother Auburn Sowell; two sisters Joyce Helm and Mary Beth Tamplen; and a great-granddaughter Ellie Grace.
Survivors include her two sons Larry Jeffers and wife Jamie of Clarendon and Jerry Jeffers of Amarillo; daughter Gay Clark and husband Rodney of Guthrie, Oklahoma; brother Alvis Tamplen of Virginia; five grandchildren Brandon Clark, Jason Clark, Drew Jeffers, Aaron Jeffers, and Jeremy Jeffers; and 12 great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests that memorials be sent a scholarship in memory of Mae Jeffers addressed to Clarendon High School, PO Box 610, Clarendon, TX, 79226, in care of Larry Jeffers.
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