Myra Gail Carter-Jones

Myra is survived by her husband, Richard Jones; her daughter and son-in-law, Mady C. Carter Yancy and Anthony L. Yancy Jr., of Harlem; her grandsons, Michael D. Carter-Magee and Anthony L. Yancy III, of Harlem; her half-sister, Connie Alexander, of Alabama; her half-brother, Jack Alexander, of Ohio; her step-brother, Irwin Best, of Oregon; by a host of cousins and close friends. Myra was preceded in by her grandparents, Rev. Fred and Ruby Powell; her mother and step-father, Billie Gail Powell Lord and C.T. Lord; her father and step-mother, R.J. and Louise Alexander; her step-father, James F. Best; her son, Byron Dale Carter; her granddaughter, Antionia Colette Myra Yancy; her brother, Byron Dale Alexander; her aunts, Lucy Archer, Mabel Argenbright, Ann and her husband, Bob McFarland. Myra was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother.She will be greatly missed by all her family members and friends who loved her.Her memory, however, will be a source of strength and peace to all those she left behind.