Sister Mary Myra Kerley RSM

She was born December 27, 1917, in Bassfield, MS and was baptized Cecelia Margaret Kerley.

Sister Mary Myra entered the Sisters of Mercy community, at St. Joseph Convent of Mercy, Webster Groves, MO, on May 18, 1945 and made her Final Vows, on August 16, 1951, in Webster Groves, MO.

She received her B.S., at Our Lady of the Lake College, in San Antonio, TX in 1961.

Her ministry included teaching, in the schools, in TX, LA, and MS, from September 1955 to June of 1986.

Sister retired, at McAuley Convent, in Vicksburg, MS and then moved, to Our Lady of Wisdom, in December 1999. After Hurricane Ike, in 2008, she moved ,to Catherine’s Residence, in St. Louis, MO and then, to Catherine McAauley Convent, in Barling, AR, in 2009.

Sister is survived by her nephews James O’Rourke Terrell, of Gretna, LA, Paul Terrell of Mandeville, LA, Jerry Terrell, of Baton Rouge, LA, and John Terrell, of Baton Rouge, LA, and a niece Rosemary Jeauno, of Lacombe, LA.

The Rosary will be recited at McAuley Convent Chapel, in Barling, at 10am on, Tuesday, December 2, 2014. The Funeral Mass will be, in the McAuley Convent Chapel ,in Barling, AR ,on Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 10:45am, under the direction of Fentress Mortuary.

Burial will be in St. Peters Cemetery in Bassfield, Mississippi, under the direction of Saulter-Moore Funeral Home in Bassfield, MS.