Myrtle Hyatt

Myrtle Delilah Mullis Hyatt, age 99, passed away on September 15, 2009 at Jesse Helms Nursing Center in Monroe. She was born in Union County, on October 19,1909. Myrtle Hyatt was preceded in death by her husband, Cull Andrew Hyatt, Sr. in 1955. She was the daughter of the late Archie Manora Griffin Mullis and Daniel Montgomery Mullis. She is also preceded in death by two brothers, Homer Mullis and Robert Mullis and three sisters Ruth Howie, Dorothy McGee and Leslie Griffin. She was the owner and operator of Hyatt’s Grocery for over 40 years. Visitation will be held on Friday, September 18, 2009 at Antioch Baptist Church, 6223 Love Mill Rd, Monroe, NC from 2:00 p.m to 4:00 p.m. Funeral service will be Friday, September 18, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. at Antioch Baptist Church. Rev. Doug Irvin, a former pastor, will conduct the service with burial following at Rocky River True Light Church Cemetery, Old Fish Rd, Monroe, NC Myrtle Hyatt was survived by one son, C.A. Hyatt and wife Alice and two daughters Patsy Baucom and husband Don and Rita Deck and husband Bill. She is also survived by seven grandchildren; Jeffery Baucom, Jatana Hildreth, Jerome Baucom, David Hyatt, Daron Hyatt, Craig Hyatt, and Jane Ellen Huneycutt and 15 great grandchildren. Other survivors are three sisters, Eula Rushing, Audie Crowell, Margaret Hill and two brothers, Melvin Mullis and Wallace Mullis and step-daughter-in-law, Nadine Hyatt. Memorials may be made to: Antioch Baptist Church Building Fund, 6223 Love Mill Rd, Monroe, NC 28110