Myrtle Verret

She was born to Lodo Rodrigue Dupuy and Philip Dupuy on September 6, 1920, in Avery Island, Louisiana. She then moved to Beaumont where she became a longtime member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church. Myrtle married W.A. “Bill” Verret, and they jointly owned and operated Verrets’ Studio. Together, they took the yearbook pictures for most of the major high schools and Hotel Dieu in Beaumont from the 1950s into the 1970s. She most recently attended Calvary Chapel in Palm Bay, Florida, where she spent the last six and a half years of her life.

Myrtle is preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, W.A. “Bill” Verret.

Survivors include two sons, Erik Verret and his wife, Faye of Palm Bay, Florida and Lennet Verret and his wife, Carol of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; six grandchildren, Kelly Verret of Palm Bay, Florida, Lyn Verret and Brad Verret, both of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Jessica McFarland of Seattle, Washington, Stephenie Della Rocco of Columbus, Ohio, and Stephen Wanta of Washington, DC; and ten great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, April 14, at Calvary Chapel Melbourne, 2955 Minton Rd., W. Melbourne, FL. Graveside services were held at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Groves, Texas on Saturday, March 24.