Jessie Lee Myers, Jr.

April 5, 1930 - June 7, 2012

Homegoing Services for Jessie Lee "Papa" Myers, Jr. will be held Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at Noon. His services are being held at Friendship Baptist Church on House Street. Interment will follow in the Robinson Memorial Gardens Cemetery on Farrow Road in Columbia, SC. Born in Columbia, SC Mr. Myers, Jr. began his early education at the Anna Boyd School and other public schools in Richland County. He was born to the late Jesse Lee and Jodjeska S. Buggs Myers, Sr. He was formerly employed with Carolina Concrete Company, Lou's Open Air Market, Piggly Wiggly and other grocery establishments for many years after honorably serving in the Army. "Papa" as he is affectionately known, was married to the late Mary M. Robinson Myers for tjhirty-one years. He leaves to cherish fond memories: brothers, Elivian and Edward Myers; aunt, Annie Gill; step daughters Tracy McCants, Mary Millhouse, Glender Griffin all of Columbia, SC and Kathy (Odell) Canazater o Ridgeway, SC and Jestien Millhouse of Detroit, MI; step sons Sam (Kathy) and Elijah Millhouse both of Columbia, SC and Phillip Lawson of Chicago, IL; a host of other relatives and friends.