Born in Camden, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Jones and Nanny Thompson Thames. Myrtle attended Kershaw County Schools and finished her education in Greenville at Draughons Business College. She finished at the top of her class and earned her pin in Greg’s shorthand for 250 words per minute in shorthand. Myrtle loved and was faithful to her church Pendleton Street Baptist Church.
She is survived by her daughter Patty Durham Lawton and her husband Thomas O. Lawton, II; her grandson, Thomas O. Lawton, III and his wife Dianne Lawton; her great grandson, JT Lawton, all of Easley; and a sister, Mary Thames Stocker, of Columbia.
Funeral services will be held Sunday, January 31, 2016 at 2:00pm at The Mackey Mortuary. Entombment will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Sunday afternoon one hour prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Pendleton St. Baptist, 1100 S. Main St., Greenville, SC 29601; or Regency SouthernCare Hospice, 880 S. Pleasantburg Dr., Suite A, Greenville, SC 29607.