MYERS, GLADYS IRENE COLLIER, also known as "Miss Avon" or "Essie," born Sept. 11, 1923, went to be with her Lord Friday, Oct. 28, 2005 after a long battle with cancer. She was a faithful member of her much beloved Caney Valley American Christian Church in Tazewell for 43 years. Mrs. Myers was employed in the cafeteria at Enka for many years and was an Avon representative for 23 years, which won her many awards. She also worked for a time at Uniforms and More. Gladys was preceded in death by her husband, Virgil E. Myers; father and mother, Jacob Collier and Bertha Collier Nunn; grandson, Jerry Juarez; five brothers and sisters, Charles "Chuck," James B., James Edward Collier, Wilma Jean Adams and Kathleen Crafton. Survivors include her children and their spouses, Patsy Juarez Mast and Sam Mast, Marvella and Herbert Horner, Joyce and Billy Ray Atkins, Donna and Jim Long and Shelia and Gary Johnson; 11 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. The famil! y would also like to thank very special friend and neighbor, Dorothy Whitaker; friends, Susan and Victoria Presutti, Batina and Ron and all her Avon friends. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31 at Caney Valley American Christian Church in Tazewell with the Revs. Freddy Parker, Tommy Russell and Jerry Epperson officiating. Mrs. Myers will lie in state 12-2 p.m. prior to the service at the church. Interment will follow in Rose Cemetery. The family will receive friends 6-9 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30 at Allen Funeral Home. 10/30/2005 Citizen Tribune Essie's mother,Bertha,was a Bunch,before she was married to Jake Collier and the Henry Nunn. Bertha was the daughter of George Charles Bunch and Amanda Hurst. G.C. Bunch was the son of Martin VanBuren Bunch and Mary Jane Hopson Amanda Hurst was the daughter of Jim Hurst and Anna Ritter Tina Lephew Cooke Union Co.TN