THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, January 14, 1996 TAG: 9601140038
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B7 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: ALEXANDRIA LENGTH: Short : 34 lines
Rev. Charles Delbert ``Buddy'' Myers, a retired minister, 76, died Jan. 13, 1996, in Alexandria.
Rev. Myers was the band leader of the Buddy Myers Orchestras from 1931 to 1961. Following his music career, he spent 30 years in the ministry, as a preacher, teacher and singing evangelist.
He attended high school in Norfolk and was a graduate of Ferrum College and Duke University Seminary. He was a minister and elder of the United Methodist Church, Virginia Conference.
Rev. Myers is survived by his wife, Mattie Lee Myers of Alexandria; a daughter, Brenda M. Levins of Jacksonville, Fla.; three sons, Delbert L. ``Butch'' Myers of Virginia Beach, William F. Myers of North Wilksboro, N.C., and James E. Childers of Garden Grove, Calif. He is also survived by a sister, Ethel Ciccone of Virginia Beach; 16 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday in Smith and Williams Funeral Home, Kempsville Chapel by the Rev. Wesley Peyton of Victory Fellowship Church in Newington, Va. Burial will be in Colonial Grove Memorial Park, Virginia Beach. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today in the funeral home and at other times the family will be at 604 Cardamon Court, Virginia Beach. The family requests that memorial donations be made to the Alzheimer's Association.
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