Myrtle Niadia "Mert" Chaffin

Female 1926 - 2011  (84 years)


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  • Name Myrtle Niadia "Mert" Chaffin 
    Birth 19 Oct 1926  Gainesboro, Jackson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 19 Feb 2011  Saint Clair Shores, Macomb County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial 23 Feb 2011  Cadillac Memorial Gardens East, Clinton, Macomb County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I32026  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2017 

    Father Silas Narl Chaffin,   b. 7 May 1881, (Jackson County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Sep 1962 (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Claudia Velena Fox,   b. 24 Mar 1887, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1969 (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage Y  [2
    Residence (Family) 0___ 1930  Putnam County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence (Family) 0___ 1940  Jackson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F17815  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thurman Gentry Wright,   b. 0___ 1922, White County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jan 1976, Saint Clair Shores, Macomb County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 54 years) 
    Marriage Y  [1, 4
    Children 
     1. Joyce Ellen Wright
     2. Mary Diane Wright
     3. Vernon Keith Wright
    Family ID F11657  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 19 Oct 1926 - Gainesboro, Jackson County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 Feb 2011 - Saint Clair Shores, Macomb County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 23 Feb 2011 - Cadillac Memorial Gardens East, Clinton, Macomb County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Myrtle Niadia Chaffin Wright, 84, of St. Clair Shores, Mich., passed away Feb. 19, 2011.

      Mrs. Wright was born Oct. 19, 1926, in Gainesboro, to Silas and Claudia Chaffin.

      She was a Christian, a homemaker, faithful wife, loving mother and a dear friend to all. She was very active as a volunteer at her church, North East Church of Christ, in Eastpointe, Mich.

      Mrs. Wright was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Thurman Gentry Wright.

      Survivors include three children, Mary Diane Bertran and husband Rick, of Marathon, Fla., Joyce Ellen Swantek and husband John, of Clarkston, Mich. Vernon Keith Wright and wife Ellen, of St. Clair Shores, Mich.; nine grandchildren, Jennifer Alvarado and husband Miguel, Brian Bertan, Nicholas Swanteck, May Swanteck, Andrew Wright, Cameron Wright, Austin Wright, Katie Wright, Keith Wright; two step-granddaughters, Alva and Zoe Zapalski; one great-granddaughter, Amelie Alvarado; one brothers, Hollis (Red) Chaffin, of Gainesboro; one sister-in-law, Opal Wright Wood, of Walling; one brother-in-law, Robert Reed Wright, of Walling; and numerous nieces and nephews.

      Funeral service was Feb. 23, 2011, at Kaul Funeral Home, in St. Clair Shores, Mich., with burial in Cadillac Memorial Gardens East, in Clinton Township, Mich. Bro. Stan Clanton officiated.

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  • Sources 
    1. [S10826] "Myrtle Niadia Chaffin Wright" Biography, re-accessed, uploaded & published to this website Wednesday, April 12th, 2017.

    2. [S10812] "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPQR-SFF : acc.

    3. [S10831] "Narl S Chaffin", Census Records, found, recorded & uploaded to this website by David A. Hennessee, info@classroomfurnit.

    4. [S10830] Bessie Byars Wright (1925-2013), Telephone Interview, February 8th, 2012, revisited, uploaded & published on this websit.