DAILY JOURNAL, Flat River, Missouri. MYRTIE L. HOLLAND. Myrtie L. Holland of Desloge, passed away May 11, 1978 in Chicago, Ill., at the age of 95. She was born in Desloge, December 16, 1882 a daughter of the late L. W. Merritt and Dialtha Forshee Merritt. Surviving are one daughter: Dialtha, Mrs. Bill Colfry, Dallas, TX; and three sons: Paul J. Holland and Thomas L. Holland, Chicago; Dewey E. Holland, New Jersey; four sisters: Viola Gardner, Pearl, Mrs. James Cook; Edith Brown, Cantwell; Opal, Mrs. A. M. Wells, Middletown; three grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Cantwell Church of God on Monday, May 15, 1978, at 2:00 p.m. with the Rev. Gerald Moss officiating. Interment was in the Herod Cemetery under the direction of Boyer Funeral Home.