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Myrtis Gregory was the oldest of four children born to Elijah Milton "Lige" Gregory (1864-1937) and the former Anna Sweatt (1872-1958) in Ethel near Kosciusko in Attala County in central [[Mississippi]]. Elijah and Anna married in 1892.
Myrtis Gregory was the oldest of four children born to Elijah Milton "Lige" Gregory (1864-1937) and the former Anna Sweatt (1872-1958) in Ethel near Kosciusko in Attala County in central [[Mississippi]]. Elijah and Anna married in 1892.
Myrtis lived as a girl with her family in Natchez, a port city on the [[Mississippi River]] until her father moved the family c. 1908 to Mangham in Richland Parish south of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], Louisiana. There he opened a store on the main highway in Mangham.
Myrtis lived as a girl with her family in Natchez, a port city on the [[Mississippi River]] until her father moved the family c. 1908 to Mangham in Richland Parish south of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], Louisiana. There he opened a store on the main highway in Mangham
===Marriage and fmily===
===Marriage and family===
In Mangham, Myrtis met DeWitt Talmage Methvin, Sr. (1894-1975), also a Mississippi native who had moved to Mangham to work as a railroad agent. Myrtis married DeWitt Methvin in 1923 in the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church in Mangham. They lived for several years in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] in Rapides Parish in central Louisiana. They had a son and two daughters. Their son, [[DeWitt T. Methvin, Jr.]], was an [[attorney]] in Alexandria, where he practiced law for more than a half-century.
In Mangham, Myrtis met DeWitt Talmage Methvin, Sr. (1894-1975), also a Mississippi native who had moved to Mangham to work as a railroad agent. Myrtis married DeWitt Methvin in 1923 in the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church in Mangham. They lived for several years in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] in Rapides Parish in central Louisiana. They had a son and two daughters. Their son, [[DeWitt T. Methvin, Jr.]], was an [[attorney]] in Alexandria, where he practiced law for more than a half-century.