Mark LeGrand Myatt

Mark LeGrand Myatt, 89, of Mountain Brook, AL, died October 17, 2026. He was born on July 25, 1937, to Mark Augustus Myatt and Mary Elizabeth Wilson Myatt of Birmingham; graduated from Indian Springs School; earned Eagle Scout with Troop 53; and graduated from the University of Alabama, School of Commerce, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. After serving in the U.S. Army and receiving an honorable discharge as a reserve captain, he joined his father at Ford, Myatt & Ebaugh, Inc. and Independent Insurance Agents, Inc. where he worked in real estate and insurance before eventually selling the business and retiring 46 years later. He earned the Certified Property Managers designation and served as President of The North Alabama Chapter of The Institute of Real Estate Management; member of the board of the Birmingham Board of Realtors; and President of The Birmingham Association of Independent Insurance Agents.

Mark also served as Co-Chairman of the Metropolitan Division of United Way; Chairman of the Commercial Division of United Way; Chairman of the North Alabama Chapter of The American Red Cross; Chairman of the Board of Stewards of Highlands United Methodist Church; Director of The Birmingham Rotary Club; President of The Redstone Club; a Director of Guaranty Federal Savings and Loan Association; and member of the Leadership Birmingham class of 1988.

Mark loved working at his small cattle farm in St. Clair County and in his personal flower gardens, always valuing the efforts of his farmer friends to teach him and keep him safe.

He was a member of Country Club of Birmingham’s Duffers golf group and a member of Canterbury United Methodist Church, where he regularly attended the Crawford Owen Sunday School Class and volunteered weekly with the Encore program.

Mark is survived by his wife of 61 years, Katherine Johnston Myatt; his daughter Mary Katherine Myatt (Randy Earl) and grandson Duncan Wilson Earl of Raleigh, NC; his step-grandchildren Mary Earl Glander (Tyler) of Wake Forest, NC and Eric Earl (Dana) of Greensboro, NC; his brother-in-law Gannett Backus, niece Laura Backus Fairchild and nephew Mark Backus (Carla) of Roswell, GA; his brother-in-law Gilbert E. Johnston, Jr., nephew Gilbert E. Johnston, III (Molly) of Birmingham and niece Sommerville B. Johnston (Josh) of Asheville, NC; Claude E. Johnston (Maureen) of Pelham, NY, nieces Katherine Johnston Bell (Jonathon) of London, UK, and Sarah Johnston Theofanidis (Nico) of Old Greenwich, CT; his sister-in-law Ellen B. Johnston of Tupelo, MS, nephews Merrill E. Johnston, Jr. (Barbara) of Birmingham and Richard W. Johnston (Carley) of Tupelo, MS, and niece Gibson Johnston Rayner (Pat) of Chattanooga, TN. He was predeceased by his sister Mary Elizabeth Myatt Backus, brother-in-law Merrill E. Johnston and his sister-in-law Murray Berry Johnston.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to the Canterbury United Methodist Church for the benefit of the Encore program at 350 Overbrook Road, Birmingham, AL 35213; or to the Disaster Relief Fund of The American Red Cross, Mid-Alabama Chapter, 114 22nd Street, Birmingham, AL 35233; or to a charity of choice.