Spartanburg Journal Monday, April 11, 1938 Chester, April 11- The funeral of JOHN EVINS MYERS, 63, merchant and former textile official, was conducted Sunday afternoon at the St. James Methodist Episcopal Church. MR. MYERS died Friday night at his home here, following an illness of three months of diabetes and heart trouble. The REV. GEORGE SUMMERS DUFFIE officiated at the funeral. Interment was in Evergreen cemetery here. He is survived by his widow, who prior to marriage was MISS BELLE GLOVER of Spartanburg; 2 daughters, MRS. W.T. MATTOX and MRS. W.L. BRANTLEY, both of Chester; a son, E.A. MYERS of Pineville, N.C.; 6 grandchildren and 4 sisters; MRS. W.T. HENDRIX, MRS.S.H. BROWN and MISS EDNA MYERS, all of Spartanburg and MISS EMMA MYERS of Pineville, N.C. MR. MYERS was active in the Methodist church, serving as a steward 40 years. At the Eureka Meth. Episcopal church he was for many years superintendent of its Sunday School. In recent years he was a member of St. James. -- Chester, April 21-MISS NANCY JANE SHIRLEY, 23, of the Avon section of Fairfield county died Tuesday night at State Park, where she had been a patient for some time. Short funeral services were conducted at the Bethlehem Methodist church in southern Chester county this morning, burial was in the cemetery of the church. MISS SHIRLEY , a native of the Avon section, was a daughter of the late JAMES SHIRLEY and MRS. NANNIE DOVE SHIRLEY. She was graduated from Blackstock high school and took training at the Baptist hospital at Columbia, where she became ill. She was a member of the New Hope Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. Survived by her mother, MRS. NANNIE DOVE SHIRLEY; 3 sisters, MRS. CLIFTON LEWIS, Blackstock, MRS. MARTHA DAWKINS, Chester , MISS LIZZIE MAE SHIRLEY, Winnsboro; 3 brothers, JOHN and JAMES SHIRLEY of Chester and ROBERT SHIRLEY of Avon. ----- April 8, 1945 Greenwood, April 7- WILLIAM F. ELAM, 30, died at his home here today, following a four months illness. MR. ELAM , the son of MRS. WILLIE SPRUSE ELAM and the late W.H. ELAM had worked at the Panama City shipyards in Florida but had returned home when he became ill. Besides his mother, he is survived by his wife, the former MISS NELL WALKER of Greenwood, a daughter, NANCY FAYE; four sisters, MRS. J.D. McKEE, Greenwood, MRS. C.H. FRANKLIN, Chester, MRS. J.L. JOHNSON, Lyman and MRS. NELL MOSELY of Richmond, Va. and two brothers, R.H. ELAM, Newberry and J.P. ELAM of Ware Shoals. Funeral will be conducted Sunday at the Ellis Funeral home. --- nancie o.