Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
3:34 pm Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Myrl Mills Ergle

Myrl Mills Ergle

August 13, 2012

Myrl Mills Ergle, 75, Phil Campbell, passed away Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, at her residence surrounded by her family.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, at Blue Springs Freewill Baptist Church with Bro. John McCullar and Bro. David Motes officiating. The body will lie-in-state one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in Blue Springs Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Brian Osborn, Jerel Osborn, Al Herring, Darryl Posey, Calvin Borden, and Phillip Ergle. Kyle Posey will be an honorary pallbearer.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Wallace and Pauline Mills.

She leaves to cherish her memory, husband Leon Ergle; children, Jewell Sherwood and husband, Charles; Gerald Osborn and wife, Nellie, and Tammy Baker; siblings, Ralph Mills and wife, Marie, J.B. Mills and wife, Betty, R.L. Mills and wife, Barbara, Ruby Posey and husband, Daniel; grandchildren, Wendy Thompson, Brian Osborn, Jerel Osborn, Shannon Herring, Stephanie Montgomery, Derek Baker, Emily Baker, Lane Hulsey, Tara Aycock, April Shirley; 16 great grandchildren; a host of nieces and nephews.

She was a member of Blue Springs Freewill Baptist Church.

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