Myrtle Lois Moran, 97, of Woodstock, GA, formerly of Dimmitt, Texas passed away on January 13, 2018 of natural causes. She was born in Lubbock, Texas on April 13, 1920. She graduated from Lorenzo High School and received degrees from Weatherford Junior College and Texas Tech University, after which she worked as a Home Economics teacher in Perryton, Texas and a teller in the Lorenzo State Bank. She married her Weatherford Junior College sweetheart, Lt. Russel A. Moran on December 29, 1945. He served as County Attorney of Palo Pinto County and later as County Attorney in Dimmitt, Castro County, Texas from 1952-1959, when he founded the law firm of Moran and Miller, with Judge Jack Miller and practiced until his death in 1986.
Russel and Myrtle Lois had two children, Pat and Scott, who both graduated from Dimmitt High School and Baylor University. The family were active members of First Methodist Church in Dimmitt until 2007, when Myrtle Lois moved to Woodstock, Georgia. Russel and Myrtle Lois were tremendous supporters of the Dimmitt community, Boosters of Bobcat and Bobbies Athletics and Dimmitt High School Bobcat Band.
Myrtle Lois is survived by a daughter, Pat Tanner and husband Perry of Woodstock and Perry's son, Jamin Tanner and his wife Andrea along with their children, Kati and Benjamin of Columbia, South Carolina. She is also survived by a son, Scott Moran and wife Sharon of Dallas, Texas along with their three children of Dallas, son, Jake Moran and his wife Emily, along with their daughter, Lauren; daughter, Allison Hare and husband, Seth along with their children, daughter, Laine and son Ford Pearson; daughter Angela Carpenter and her husband Landon, along with their children, daughter Avery and son Aiden. She is also survived by other loving relatives and sweet friends from Dimmitt.