Myrtle Elizabeth Mcintyre

Myrtle E. McIntyre (Sister) at age 96 transitioned to glory on Monday, January 4, 2021. She was born on July 28, 1924 on the Ryan family Farm in Fannin County, Texas. Her service will be held at Wise Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. Myrtle will lay in state until her service on Saturday. Burial will be at Gates Hill Cemetery in Bonham, Texas.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur and Daisy Ryan, her Husband L. E. McIntyre, brother Alvis Ryan Sr. and sister Bernice Ryan Foster.

Myrtle graduated from Washington High School in Bonham, Texas. After High School she received an undergraduate degree from Bishop College in Marshall Texas.

She continued post graduate studies at The University of Colorado and Texas A& M University at Commerce.

Mrs. Mac, as she was so often referred to is a longtime member of Bethlehem Baptist Church and actively served in various auxiliaries and held leadership positions:

Director of Christian Education, President of the Ushers, Teacher of the Women's Bible Class in Sunday School, Deaconess, and The Women's Mission Society to name a few. She loved prayer meeting and Bible Study and had a passion for teaching Bible lessons. She was faithful in attendance until March of 2020 when because of the Pandemic she could no longer leave the building. She was blessed to be able to worship virtually with her congregation and thoroughly enjoyed it. The Church honored her with special recognition on several occasions for dedicated service.

Myrtle had a long and distinguished teaching career in three Independent School Districts: Honey Grove, Lufkin, and Bonham Texas where she Retired.

She was a member of the Texas and National Teachers Associations, Delta Kappa Gamma and several Boards and committees of the City and County. The Texoma Council of Government awarded her Citizen of the Year for her service to the community. She served over 20 years as a volunteer with the Red River Hospital Auxiliary.

Myrtle leaves to cherish her memory two sisters, Opal Irving (Johnnie J.) and their son Johnnie R.,  Dorothy Dale (Joe), daughter Cheryl Anderson (Elbert) and son Ian, Eric, Nieces: Cynthia Jones, Diva Dale, Cookie Leopold, (Willie) and son Jason, Nephews: Alvis Ryan Jr.(Sheila), Kenneth Ryan, Gregory Ryan, Darrell Ryan (Gwen), and Great Nephew Kenneth Green who she called her son, and many other Nieces, Nephews Cousins, Friends and Care Giver Mrs. Dorothy MaCauley.

A TRIBUTE TO SISTER

Abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteous and he was called God's friend. In our family, we believe Sister is in the club with God's friends and those Virtuous women described in Proverbs 31. These qualities coupled with love and fear of God led to a joyful and successful life of honor and worth for her and a legacy for us to remember and cherish.