Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Myers, Gage Tarbell  December 28, 1991
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Virginian-Pilot,  December 30, 1991 
Gage Tarbell Myers, 88, of the 3700 block of Amherst St., a retired safety 
engineer, died Dec. 28, 1991, in a Hampton hospital.

Mr. Myers was born in Norfolk and was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. He 
was chaplain emeritus of the Disabled American Veterans. He was Virginia's 
oldest 
Eagle Scout and Veterans Affairs advocate. He was active on behalf of the Boy 
Scouts for more than 70 years and had been a member of Troop 1 in Norfolk. Mr. 
Myers was a member of Boy Scouts Order of the Arrow and had received the Silver 
Beaver Award. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was a member of 
Atlantic Masonic Lodge 2, Scottish Rite Bodies and Grice Commandrey, John 
Walters Chapter of Royal Arch 68, Khedive Temple, Old Dominion Order of Eastern 
Star 100, and Tall Cedars of Lebanon 141. He was past district commander of 
Veterans of Foreign Wars District 2, past commander of VFW Post 3160, and past 
commander of Disabled American Veterans 4. Mr. Myers was a member of National 
Order of Trench Rats-Past Golden Rodent, and American Legion 327 Tidewater 
Post. He was past chaplain of Fleet Reserve Association Branch 60 and a member 
of Fleet Reserve Branch 5. Mr. Myers was a member of American Society of Safety 
Engineers. He was active in veterans affairs and had given more than 10,000 
volunteer hours to the VA Medical Center in Hampton.

Survivors include his wife, Shirley Evans Myers; a daughter, Louise Myers White 
of Virginia Beach; a son, Henry Lee Myers of Florence, S.C.; a sister, Margaret 
C. Barlow of Stephens City, Va.; seven grandchildren; and five great-
grandchildren.

The funeral, with Masonic rites, will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Smith & 
Williams Funeral Home, Norfolk Chapel, by the Rev. John Mason. Burial will be 
in 
Elmwood Cemetery . Friends may join the family from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the 
funeral home. A Disabled American Veterans' service will be held at 7 p.m. 
during the visitation. 




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