Grandmother’s casket was just so beautiful and it was almost as if the casket was specifically designed for her. Loved this beautiful woman. She planned every detail of her funeral, and I know she is very pleased and smiling down on all of us. 

I first met Myrt early on in my banking career with C & S Bank and our paths crossed many times in the twenty years I worked with the bank.  We became friends and enjoyed many social occasions together. She was a "Steel Magnolia", a true strong, spunky Southern Girl, with poise, grace and dignity. 

I was in the  fortune teller group Connie mentioned in her memory of Myrt and I do not remember my fortune but I always remembered Myrt's. She married the military man and I was at Myrt's and Leonard's wedding. It was a happy, fun event as most any occasion would be if Myrt was in attendance.

My sincere condolences to all of Myrt's family.

Carole Livingstone
 

 

So grateful to have had such an amazing woman to help raise me. If anyone knows me, you’d know that I love my grandparents more than anything and would do anything for them. Thank you Grandmother for introducing me to Shirley Temple, for teaching me how to cook in your “happy kitchen”, teaching me proper place settings and etiquette, how to dance like no one’s watching, for making me always look forward to salt water taffy and boiled peanuts, how amazing bubble baths were, always taking us to Stone Mountain for every holiday especially Christmas Time, late night talks in your giant bed and watching The Addams Family, for curling my hair and helping me love myself as a young girl, and for always making sure Cameron and me were at your church for Vacation Bible School every Summer, for always making me a homemade carrot cake for my birthdays, and for throwing me a tea party birthday and dressing me up in your old prom dress. So many cherished memories that I will forever remember and I am so blessed for that. I know you’re up there in Heaven looking down on us. Until we meet again, I love you so much. 

Myrt was such a strong southern lady, but if it required her to put someone in their place she did, gently of course.  Always a lady.  We loved her recipes, her guidance and friendship.  I loved to hear her stories, especially the ones of her in her twenties, footloose and having a ball.  She had three husbands and her son that she cherished.  She was game to do almost anything.  We went to a fortune teller after work one time, she told her she would meet a man in the military, and soon she meet Leonard who was retired military.  She sat on Santa's lap (the  picture a gift for Leonard), and made sure she brought a bottle of beverage for the jolly ole man.  Santa was smitten by Myrt!  

Raising my daughter by myself, Myrt was a great role model.  She had lots of great ideas and suggestions.  She made sure I told Kate about the birds and the bees in a way a 8 year old could understand.  My daughter loved her like a grandmother.

Myrt was special to MANY people, from the old  C&S Bank, to NationsBank (now Bank of America), her friends spanned a couple of generations in the bank.  

What a beautiful person she was, she made a stamp on my life and will always be a part of who I am.

Connie Holbert

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Joey (Faye) Sandifer

Marvin (Carol) Sandifer

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Myrtle "Myrt" Sandifer Butler

December 10, 1930 – April 20, 2018

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