Merle Clifton Meyers

86 year old Merle Clifton Meyers of Smithville died Monday at DeKalb Community Hospital. He was a retired Chief Executive Officer of the Middle Tennessee Natural Gas Company; a charter member of the Tennessee Gas Association which formed in 1963, serving on its first board of directors as well as other levels. He was also an active member of both Civic and Industrial boards, former Chairman of the Smithville Industrial Board, President of the Smithville Lions Club, a Shriner, a 32nd degree Mason, and a 50 year member of the Masonic Lodge. He was also a World War II veteran and a 50 year member of Smithville First United Methodist Church. The funeral will be Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at the Smithville First United Methodist Church. Dr. John Purdue will officiate and entombment will be at DeKalb Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Wednesday from noon until 8:00 p.m. with a Masonic service to be held at 7:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. No visitation will be held prior to the service at the church. Meyers was preceded in death by a brother, Paul Meyers; two sisters, Donna Walden and Arva Baker; a daughter-in-law, Trudy Meyers, and his second wife, Marilyn Nixon Meyers. Survivors include a son, Jon B. and his wife, Megan Meyers of Midlothian, Virginia. A daughter, Jean M. Meyers of Smithville. A grandson, Justin and his wife Elizabeth Meyers of Exton, Pennsylvania. Mother of his children, Hilda K. Meyers of Smithville. A sister, Wanda Underhill of Cypress, Texas and several nieces and nephews also survive. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. The family has requested that donations be made to the Smithville First United Methodist Church Building Fund or to the Shriners Children’s Hospital, in lieu of flowers.