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Myrtle Geer Tillett
14 Nov 1901 – 9 Nov 1991
| Birth | 14 Nov 1901 |
| Death | 9 Nov 1991 |
| Cemetery | Van Alstyne Cemetery Van Alstyne , Grayson County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Tony & Patricia Held on 20 Feb 2009 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10593254 |
Bio
Whitewright Sun November 14, 1991 Services for Mrs. Myrtle (Geer) Tillett, 89-year-old housewife of Van Alstyne, who died Saturday at Wilson N. Jones Hospital were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Flescher Funeral Home Chapel in Van Alstyne. The Rev. Jim Poole and Norman Ewell officiated, and burial was in Van Alstyne Cemetery. Mrs. Tillett was born in Westminster, Texas, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion F. Geer. She married Clarence Tillett in Westminster, October 1916. She was a member of the Elmont Baptist Church. She is survived by her sons, Clarence Tillett Jr. of Whitewright, Billy Tillett, Rob Tillett and James Tillett, all of Van Alstyne; Wayne Tillett of Fort Worth and Jerry Tillett of Caddo Mills; daughters, Pauline Gentry and Jenny Wise, both of Van Alstyne, Juanita Boatwright of Sherman, and Jo Ann Marr of Whitesboro; brother, Clifford Gear of Fort Worth; sisters, Leona Stroud of Anaheim, Calif., and Irene Griglione of Gunter; 40 grandchildren, 67 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren. Her grandsons served as pallbearers.
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Family
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Siblings
- Ora May Geer 1899–1899
- Roy Washington Geer 1900–1982
- Leona Ollie Geer Stroud 1903–1993
- Lester Lee Geer 1905–1988
- Otto Patrick Geer 1909–1982
- Irene Mozell Geer Griglione 1913–2006
Children
- Edith Pauline Tillett Gentry 1918–2007
- Mary "Jenny" Tillett Wise 1920–2015
- Clarence William "Junior" Tillett Jr 1922–2002
- Billy E. Tillett 1925–2008
- Robert Lee Tillett 1927–2001
- James Edward Tillett 1929–2012
- Juanita Tillett Boatright 1931–2015
- Jerry Alan "Curly" Tillett 1939–2025
- Jo Ann Tillett Marr 1942–2013
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