Fort, Myrtle Vickery

Graveside services for Myrtle Vickery Fort, 67, of Longview, will be 10 
a.m. Monday, December 24, 2007, at Grace Hill Cemetery with the Rev. 
David Lanagan officiating. Services are under the direction of Rader 
Funeral Home of Longview. Ms. Fort passed away Saturday morning at her 
home in Longview.

The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Myrtle was born on February 18, 1940, in Longview, Texas, to Jim and 
Thelma Vickery. She was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in 
Longview and a homemaker. Myrtle was a loving mother, grandmother, and 
a wonderful friend who will be missed by all who knew and loved her.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, Lee Fort in 2001; 
son, Randy Fort; her parents; brothers, Richard and Charlie Vickery; 
sisters, Nellie Smith and Carol Wiley; and sisters-in-law, Sue Fort and 
Sandra Lloyd.

Those left to cherish her memory are her sons and a daughter-in-law, 
Steve and Denise Fort of Memphis, Tenn., and Mark Fort of Longview; 
daughter and son-in-law, Debra and Jerry Herbison of Longview; 
grandchildren, Katie and Lauren Fort of Memphis, Tenn., Kyndall and 
Casey Ricks of Longview and Justin Oney of Longview; one great-
grandchild, Hayden Ricks of Longview; sister and brother-in-law, 
Brenda and Danny Daniels of Longview; brothers and sisters-in-law, 
David and Sherry Vickery of Longview and James and Velma Vickery of 
Longview; brothers and sisters-in-law, Arthur Fort of Longview, Mary 
and Mayo Lanagan of Lone Star and Sharon Fort of Palm Springs, Calif.

A memorial guestbook may be signed online at www.raderfh.com

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 12/23/2007.