Myrtis birth year is incorrect on the marker. She was born
1908 and her first child was born in 1928.
See name: Myrtis Johnson
Birth Date: : 20 Sep 1908
Issue Year: Before 1951 issue
State: Texas
Residence: 79763 , Odessa, Ector. Texas
Death Date: Aug. 1986
(info from contributor # 48117861)
stone does have 1918 as birth year; her obit also has 1918
and I'll leave the listing as is; with the extra info listed
above.
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1910 Census Justice Precinct 3, Milam, Texas- April 28th
Henry Mccay 25 @ 1885 Texas (head M1- married 3 years)
Fannie Mccay 18 @ 1892 Texas (wife M1 -1 child- 1 living)
Mertice Mccay 1 @ 1909 Texas (dau)
Al Mccay 15 @ 1895 Texas ( brother)
Fred Smith 21 @ 1889 Texas ( boarder- single)
(last name listed as Mccay or Nicar ; they went
with the Mccay as a closer match)

1940 Census Ector, Texas-- April 25th
George W. Fitzgerald 33 Louisiana (head
Mertis Fitzgerald 31 @ 1909 Texas (wife)
Jean Fitzgerald 12 Texas (dau)
Wilma L. Fitzgerald 9 Texas (dau)
Jo Ann Fitzgerald 8 Texas (dau)
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Arkansas, County Marriages:
Name: Myrtis Nicar
Gender: Female
Age: 16
Birth year: 1908
Residence: Smackover, Union, Arkansas
Spouse's Name: P. O. Bradley
Spouse's Gender: Male
Spouse's Age: 23
Spouse's Residence: Smackover, Union, Arkansas
Marriage: 13 Oct 1924
Marriage License Date: 13 Oct 1924
Marriage County: Union

Arkansas Divorces:
Plaintiff Name: Myrtis Bradford
Defendant Name: P. O. Bradford
Divorce Date: 2 Nov 1926
County: Union
Docket Number: 2090
Volume Number: 3

Newspapers.com Marriage Index
Name: Mrs. Fitzgerald
Gender: Female
Spouse: G. W. Fitzgerald
Child: Wilma Fitzgerald
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Beta: Newspapers .com Obituary Index:
Name: Myrtis Fitzgerald
Gender: Female
Newspaper Title: The Odessa American
Sibling: Jimmie Nicari
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Obit:
Services for Myrtis Fitzgerald Johnson, 67,
1024 W. 38th St., are scheduled for 2 p.m.
today at Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors
chapel with the Rev. Terry Pugh officiating.

Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Johnson died Thursday at Medical
Center Hospital

She was born Sept. 20, 1918, She married
George Fitzgerald, who died in 1966. She
later married William Johnson. He died
in 1976.

Mrs. Johnson moved to Odessa in 1935
and was an insurance agent for the Life
Casuality Co. She was a member of East-
ern Star No. 447 and the First United
Pentecostal Church.

Survivors include three daughters: Thelma
Jean Layne, Wilma Owens and Joan
Bingham all of Odessa; a sister, Verdie La
Brusciano of Clearwater, Fla.; five grand-
children and five great grandchildren.

The Odessa American (Odessa, Texas)
09 Aug 1986, Sat. Page 14