102 - Rosabelle Laster Myers - Erie, PA - Headstones of Centenarians on Waymarking.com

This headstone is for Rosabelle Laster Myers, who is buried at Lakeside Cemetery in Erie, Pennsylvania. The headstone notes that she was born on September 2, 1904 and died on October 8, 2006 at the age of 102. According to her obituary, found online, Mrs. Myers was born in Preston, Georgia, the tenth of twelve children. She married Jefferson Myers, who would later become of a pastor and bishop of the Church of God in Christ. They moved to Erie in 1935 where they were founding members of Holy Trinity Church of God in Christ. Her husband, who is buried next to her, died in 1980. Their son, Cullen, who died in 1976, is also buried in the same plot. He was one of the eleven children born to Rosabelle and Jefferson. They also are survived by 35 grandchildren, 48 great grandchildren and 14 great-great grandchildren!

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Location of Headstone: Lakeside Cemetery

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