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Edna Arbutice "Beauty" Harper Myers, 82, a resident of Parsons, passed from this life on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, at LeConte Medical Center in Sevierville, Tennessee.
Beauty was born Tuesday, Sept. 9, 1941, in Tucker County, daughter of the late Frank Harper and Effie Mae Varner Harper.
In 1956, she married the love of her life, Cleton Myers, in Baltimore, Maryland. Cleton preceded her in death on Jan. 25, 1996.
Also left to cherish Beauty's memory are four children, Ernest "Leroy" Myers and wife, Janet, of Moore Community, Timothy "Turtle" Wayne Myers and companion, Crystal Martin, of Parsons, Carolyn Sue Gray and companion, Delvin Knotts, of Parsons, and Tina Marie Griffith and companion, Jean Claude, of Lehigh Acres, Florida; nine grandchildren; 26 great- grandchildren; three brothers, Bill Harper, John Harper and Junior Harper; and several nieces and nephews.
Preceding Beauty in death besides her parents and husband were nine siblings, Frank, Alfred, Harry, Tom, Carl, Paul "Sweetie", Jennifer, Daniel and Ann Harper Phillips.
Beauty attended Tucker County Schools and had obtained her GED. She worked for Reidbord Brothers, Tucker County Hospital, Parsons Footwear, Tucker County Schools and the City of Parsons. She enjoyed sewing, crafting, traveling, helping people and spending time with her family. She will be missed by her family and friends.
Visitation will be held on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, at Hostetler Funeral Home from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m.
Funeral services will be held from the funeral home chapel on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, at 11 a.m. Rev James Snyder and Rev. Bill Hardy will officiate, and interment will follow in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Parsons.