Myrtice Louise McCalvin of Albany died Tuesday, August 26, 2008, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, August 29, 2008, in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Rev. Eddie Allen will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Thursday, August 28, 2008, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Ms. McCalvin was born on April 16, 1931 in Grady County and was the daughter of David Thomas McCalvin, Sr. and Amanda Rebecca McCalvin Ellis, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, David McCalvin and Randall McCalvin. She was retired from the American Red Cross and was of the Baptist faith.
Ms. McCalvin is survived by one daughter, Susan Rench of Norfolk, Virginia; three brothers, Carlton McCalvin of Dallas, Texas, Thomas McCalvin of Cordele, and Nathaniel McCalvin of Tifton; and three grandchildren, Shawn Rench of Norfolk, Virginia, Tanner Rench, serving in Iraq, and Dakota Rench of Norfolk, Virginia.