Ira A. "Uncle Iry" Myers

1879 - 1965  (85 years)

• Name	Ira A. "Uncle Iry" Myers
  Born	28 Oct 1879	Benton, Marshall, Kentucky
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Jan 1965	Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma   [1]
  Buried	Memorial Park Cemetery, Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma
  Notes	Ira (Uncle Iry) Myers was adored and loved by EVERYONE in his family and community.
  Person ID	I0158	The Family Tree
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2019

  
  

  Father	Rev. David S. Myers,   b. 5 Mar 1847, Calloway County, Kentucky ,   d. 25 Sep 1896, Calloway County, Kentucky  (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Martha Louise Haltom,   b. 6 May 1850, North Carolina ,   d. 1915, Kentucky  (Age 64 years)
  Married	8 Feb 1877	Marshall County, Kentucky
  Family ID	F074	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Jennie Wilkins,   b. 9 Nov 1888, Calloway County, Kentucky ,   d. 12 Jul 1984, Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma  (Age 95 years)
  Married	24 Dec 1909	Calloway County, Kentucky
  Children	1. Izola Louise "Zolsie" Myers,   b. 2 Aug 1911, Lynn Grove, Calloway, Kentucky ,   d. 19 Feb 2009, Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma  (Age 97 years)
  Family ID	F071	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Ira (Uncle Iry) Myers
  		Sarah (Sally) Lee Scholes Birthday Celebration, about 1913 Left to Right: Back, 2nd man is Amos Wilkins; directly in front of him is young girl, Lee Julene Wilkins; to the left of her is Allen Buchanon "Uncle Buck" Carlton; woman about middle in white, seated is Lucetta Francis Hollowell Wilkins; child leaning against her in front is Wilma Fay Wilkins; left of Fay is Afton Norvell Wilkins; far right, standing with white blouse is Jennie Wilkins Myers; seated man, 2nd from right is Ira Myers; their daughter, Izola Louise Myers, seated far right in white dress
  		Sinclair Robinson Wilkins' birthday celebration and send off party for the Thomas Clinton and Lucetta Francis Hollowell Wilkins family. The family left for Oklahoma just 10 days later. 1 Left to Right: Jennie Wilkins Myers, Sinclair Robinson Wilkins, Thomas Clinton Wilkins, Lucetta Francis Hollowell Wilkins, Lee Julene Wilkins, Wilma Faye Wilkins, and Ira Myers. See close up photos for locations of these people.
  		Sinclair Robinson Wilkins' birthday celebration and send off party for the Thomas Clinton and Lucetta Francis Hollowell Wilkins family. The family left for Oklahoma just 10 days later. 3 Left to Right: Third woman on the left Jennie Wilkins Myers, the man with the long beard on the right Sinclair Robinson Wilkins, and next to him looking up with hat is Thomas Clinton Wilkins.
  		Sinclair Robinson Wilkins' birthday celebration and send off party for the Thomas Clinton and Lucetta Francis Hollowell Wilkins family. The family left for Oklahoma just 10 days later. 4 Left to Right: Man with long white beard and hat on far left Sinclair Robinson Wilkins, behind and next to him is Thomas Clinton Wilkins with hat and looking upward, two people to the right in all white Lucetta Francis Hollowell Wilkins, and in front and to the right of Lucetta and exactly where the crease in the photo is Lee Julene Wilkins.
  		Sinclair Robinson Wilkins' birthday celebration and send off party for the Thomas Clinton and Lucetta Francis Hollowell Wilkins family. The family left for Oklahoma just 10 days later. 5 Left to Right: Young girl fourth from the left in the front row is Wilma Faye Wilkins and man on the far right on the front row is Ira Myers.
  		Wilkins Family with Allied Families Back, L to R: Lucetta Francis Hollowell Wilkins, Jennie Wilkins Myers, Clara Esther Wilkins Houston, Middle row: Thomas Clinton Wilkins, Wilma Faye Wilkins, Ruth Wilkins Brown, and Bun Erit Houston; Front row: Mary Katherine Wilkins, and Izola Louise Myers. Ira Myers, laying down.
  		Left to Right: Lucetta Francis Hollowell Wilkins, Clara Esther Wilkins Houston, Ruth Wilkins Brown, Bun Erit Houston, Thomas Clinton Wilkins, Jennie Wilkins Myers, and Ira Myers.
  		Wilkins family group, L to R: Afton Norvell Wilkins, Jennie Wilkins Myers, Ira Myers, Arthur Leonard "Jim" Sowers, Unknown, Francis Elizabeth Sowers, Izola Louise Myers. 1920 Car tag. Please contact the site manager at ssmims63@msn.com if you can identify any of the unknown people.
  		Ira Myers and Izola Louise Myers
  		Back Row, Left to Right: Lee Julene Wilkins Hughey, Charles Murrell Hughey, Ira Myers. Front Row, Left to Right: Jennie Wilkins Myers, Gloria Julene Hughey.
  		Ira Myers and Izola Louise Myers 2
  		Left to Right: Jennie Wilkins Myers, Ira Myers, Izola Louise Myers, and Charles Delaney Christian
  		Ruth Merylene Hughey and Uncle Ira Myers
  		Back Row, Left to Right: Walter Melvin Moore, Ruth Wilkins Brown, Jennie Wilkins Myers, and Ira Myers. Front Row, Left to Right: Shirley Ann Houston with Gloria Julene Hughey in front, Izola Louise (Zolsie) Myers Moore, Lucetta Francis Hollowell Wilkins, Thomas Clinton Wilkins, and Charles Murrell Hughey.
  		Taken at the home of Ira and Jennie Wilkins Myers in the early 1940's. Back Row, Left to Right: Walter Melvin Moore, Ruth Wilkins Brown, Jennie Wilkins Myers, and Ira Myers. Front Row, Left to Right: Gloria Julene Hughey, Shirley Ann Houston, Izola Louise Myers Moore, Lucetta Francis Hollowell Wilkins, Thomas Clinton Wilkins, and Charles Murrell Hughey
  		Ruth Wilkins Brown, Jennie Wilkins Myers, Ira Myers, and Izola Louise Myers in the front.
  		Showing Off Their Bellies, before 1944 Left to Right: Travis Jo Cole, Walter Melvin Moore, Charles Murrell Hughey, and Ira Myers.
  		Ira Myers
  		Izola Louise Myers Moore, Jennie Wilkins Myers, Ira Myers, and Mary Kathryn Wilkins Cole. Taken in California
  		Ira Myers, Jennie Wilkins Myers, Izola Louise Myers Moore
  		Jennie Wilkins Myers and Ira Myers, 35th wedding anniversary
  		Left to Right: Ruth Wilkins Brown, Lucy Wilkins, Jennie Wilkins Myers, and Ira Myers
  		Lucetta Francis Hollowell Wilkins 78th Birthday Back, Left to Right: Charles Murrell Hughey, Walter Melvin Moore, Conrad Nagel Brown, Ira Myers. Front: Izola Louise Myers Moore and Lucetta Francis Hollowell Wilkins.
  		Ira Myers and Jennie Wilkins Myers 50th Wedding Anniversary Left to Right: Carrolla Wilkins Page, Ira Myers, Jennie Wilkins Myers, Lucetta Francis Hollowell Wilkins, Lee Julene Wilkins Hughey, Ruth Wilkins Brown.
  		Ira Myers and Jennie Wilkins Myers 50th Wedding Anniversary Left to Right: Gloria Julene Hughey Shirey, Ira Myers, Francis Sowers Logan, and Bruce Eugene Shirey.
  		Ira Myers and Jennie Wilkins Myers 50th Wedding Anniversary Lucetta Francis Hollowell Wilkins in the middle, Walter Melvin Moore facing camera; Ira Myers, partially hidden to the left; Kathryn Futrell Wilkins with back to camera on left; on the right, Jennie Wilkins Myers, with back to camera
  		Ira Myers - 2
  		Wilkins Reunion, 1959 at Tuxedo Lion's Club House, Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma Back row, L to R: Charles Murrell Hughey, Jo Travis Cole, Ira Myers, George Bert Page, Kathryn Futrell Wilkins, Lee Julene Wilkins Hughey. Middle Row, L to R: Gloria Julene Hughey Shirey, Mary Kathryn Wilkins Cole, Ruth Wilkins Brown, Lucetta Francis Hollowell Wilkins, and Afton Norvell (Pete) Wilkins. Front Row, L to Right: Carrolla Wilkins Page, John Allen Wilkins, Conrad Nagel "Nagel" Brown, and Jennie Wilkins Myers.
  		Wilkins Reunion, 1959 at Tuxedo Lion's Club House, Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma Back, L to R: Jo Travis Cole, Lucetta Francis Hollowell Wilkins; Around the table: Carrolla Wilkins Page, Lelah Louise Lawless Brown, Ruth Wilkins Brown, Mary Kathryn Wilkins Cole, Jennie Wilkins Myers, Ira Myers, and Kathryn Futrell Wilkins. Front, with backs to the camera, L to R: Karen Rene Brown, Nancy Caroline Wilkins, John Allen Wilkins, and Charles Murrell Hughey.
  		Back Row, Left to Right: Ira (Uncle Iry) Myers, Carrolla Wilkins Page, Ora Matilda Mitchell Myers, Lucetta Francis (Lucy) Hollowell Wilkins. Front Row, Left to Right: Tommie Lee Myers, Gloria Julene Hughey Shirey, Tammatha Ann Shirey.
  		Myers Families Front Row, Left to Right: Jennie Wilkins Myers, John Thomas Myers, and Jennie Lynn Yow Myers. Back Row, Left to Right: Unknown, Ira (Uncle Iry) Myers with Izola Louise (Zolsie) Myers on his shoulders, and Noah A. Myers.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Jennie Wilkins and Ira Myers Marriage Record 1
  		Jennie Wilkins and Ira Myers Marriage Record 2
  		Jennie Wilkins and Ira Myers Marriage Record 3
  		Note found in Thomas Clinton Wilkins and Lucetta Francis Hollowell Wilkins family Bible About the Houston, Hollowell, Hughey, and Myers Families
  		Wilkins Story by Gloria Julene Hughey 5
  		Letter sent out about Ira Myers death
  		Ira Myers Obituary

  
  

  Headstones

  Myers, Ira and Jennie (Wilkins) Headstone Memorial Park Cemetery, Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma. Cemetery is located in Bartlesville on the corner of Highway 60 and Swann Drive.

  
  

• Sources

  Burial- Memorial Park Cemetary, Bartlesville, Washington Co., Ok.