A life well lived could best describe the life of Romney “Buck” Myracle. One of seven children to the late Alton and Nellie Roberts Myracle, “Buck” as he would be called, was born on Monday, January 18th in 1932 and passed away at the age of 88 on Monday, August the 10th, 2020 in Martin, Tennessee.
“Buck” married his wife of seventy-one years, Shirley Milam Myracle, at the early age of 17 and have shared life experiences ever since. Like many from the South, in the 1950’s the two of them left home and relocated up North following jobs being offered. “Buck” joined the workforce at General Motors in Willow Springs, Illinois and after thirty years of loyal service, he retired and quickly moved he and Shirley back “home” to the Huron area of Henderson County. “Buck” had many hobbies that included bird hunting, racing his dragster appropriately named, “Just Plain Buck”, fishing daily with his wife and trying to grow the best tomatoes. He had luck teaming with Shirley as his partner and fished bass tournaments with success. In regards to his tomatoes, he said they we always second best and he never stopped trying to grow better ones. He was a member of Sand Ridge Baptist Church and loved to harass his pastor that he drove a Ford! “Buck” was loyal to the end to GM.
He is survived by his wife, Shirley Milam Myracle, a daughter, Rosemary Harris (Don); grandchildren, Bill Lambert (Dawn), Jennifer and Aaron Lambert; great grandsons: Alex and Austin “A.J.” Lambert; a sister, Martha Blaine. Preceding “Buck” in death were his siblings: Alton Myracle Jr., Louise Normand, Jewel Harris, Janell Thomas and Jean Gross.
Graveside services will be 2:00 PM, Saturday, August 15th at Hare Cemetery with Pafford Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. The Myracle family asks that all friends and family wear masks for everyone’s safety. Mr. “Buck” Myracle had a lot of phrases of wisdom and one of his favorites and a nice way to always remember him is, “If it was easy, someone would have already beat you to it”.
