Margaret Hildreth

MONROE — Margaret Harper Hildreth, 79, died Wednesday (Sept. 16, 2009) at home.

Arrangements will be announced by Davis Funeral Home.

Myrtle Hyatt

MONROE — Myrtle Delilah Mullis Hyatt, age 99, passed away on September 15, 2009, at Jesse Helms Nursing Center in Monroe. She was born in Union County, on October 19, 1909. Myrtle Hyatt was preceded in death by her husband, Cull Andrew Hyatt Sr. in 1955. She was the daughter of the late Archie Manora Griffin Mullis and Daniel Montgomery Mullis. She is also preceded in death by two brothers, Homer Mullis and Robert Mullis, and three sisters, Ruth Howie, Dorothy McGee and Leslie Griffin. She was the owner and operator of Hyatt’s Grocery for over 40 years.

Visitation will be held on Friday, September 18, 2009, at Antioch Baptist Church, 6223 Love Mill Rd., Monroe, N.C., from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Funeral service will be Friday, September 18, 2009, at 4:00 p.m. at Antioch Baptist Church. Rev. Doug Irvin, a former pastor, will conduct the service, with burial following at Rocky River True Light Church Cemetery, Old Fish Rd., Monroe, N.C.

Myrtle Hyatt was survived by one son, C.A. Hyatt and wife Alice, and two daughters Patsy Baucom and husband Don and Rita Deck and husband Bill. She is also survived by seven grandchildren; Jeffery Baucom, Jatana Hildreth, Jerome Baucom, David Hyatt, Daron Hyatt, Craig Hyatt, and Jane Ellen Huneycutt and 15 great-grandchildren. Other survivors are three sisters, Eula Rushing, Audie Crowell, Margaret Hill, and two brothers, Melvin Mullis and Wallace Mullis and stepdaughter-in-law, Nadine Hyatt.

Memorials may be made to: Antioch Baptist Church Building Fund, 6223 Love Mill Rd., Monroe, NC 28110.

Online condolences may be made at www.hartsellfh.com.

PAID OBITUARY

Edith Little — INDIAN LAND, S.C. — Edith Pauline “Snook” Simpson Little, 86, died Tuesday (Sept. 15, 2009) at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, S.C.

Funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Calvary Free Will Baptist Church in Lancaster, S.C., with burial in the Providence Baptist Church Cemetery in Waxhaw.

Born in Midland, she was a daughter of the late Cleveland and Mae Adkins Simpson and was married to the late James Melvin Little. She was retired from J.P. Stevens’ Indian Land Service Center.

Survivors include three sons, Larry Pressley of Hemby Bridge, Dennis Little, Bobby Little, both of Indian Land; three daughters, Betty Cooney of Rock Hill, Helen Pressley of Lancaster, Phyllis Melton of Indian Land; one brother, Robert Norman of Clover, S.C.; 20 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Calvary Free Will Baptist Church.

Memorials may be made to Hospice & Community Care, P.O. Box 993, Rock Hill, SC 29731.

Wolfe Funeral Home of Fort Mill is in charge. Online condolences may be left at www.wolfefuneralhome.com.