Myrtle D. Saucer, passed away on Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023 in Elizabethton, Tennessee at the age of 90. She was born in Elizabethton to Henry and Myrtle Davis. She had a big heart and was loved by all.
Myrtle graduated from Elizabethton High School in 1950; where she was a member of the Marching Band, winning the State Championship and marching in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1949. She earned an undergraduate degree in education from East Tennessee State University and a graduate degree in education from the University of Mississippi. She taught in Tennessee for several years before moving with her young family to Jacksonville, Florida. In Jacksonville, she worked for the Duval County Public School System for 30 years and taught at Paxon Junior High School and Forrest Senior High School before retiring as a Food Service Administrator.
In retirement she loved to travel. She became an avid member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and researcher of her family genealogy. Her life and retirement also included a deep devotion and love for her family.
She was preceded in death by her father, Henry C. Davis; mother, Myrtle Perry; step-father, John Perry; husbands: Walter Frank Webb and Ralph Barney Saucer and her beloved daughter; Pamela Ann Webb (1955-1972).
Survivors include her son and his wife, John Frank and Linda DeJong Webb of Treasure Island, FL.; granddaughters Pamela Webb Dombek of McAlester, OK. and Christa Webb Calabrese of St. Petersburg, FL.; a great grandson, Vincent Calabrese, of St. Petersburg, FL. and sisters Ann Hodge of Eustis, FL. and Toni Jane Bryan of Spring Hill, FL.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, April 21, 2023 at 5:30PM at Hardage-Giddens Funeral Home, Rivermead Chapel, 127 Blanding Blvd, Orange Park, FL. She will be laid to rest in Jacksonville Memory Gardens, Orange Park, FL. next to her daughter, Pamela Ann Webb.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.hardage-giddensrivermead.com.
