Kenton Marcel Myers

MR. KENTON MARCEL MYERS, 28 of DURHAM, NC, passed away Thursday, January 26, 2017.   Funeral Services will be 12:00 noon Saturday, February 4, 2017, at West Montgomery High School Auditorium,  147 Warrior Drive, Mount Gilead, NC.   The Rev. Linda Harris, Pastor, Jenkins Memorial United Methodist Church, Raleigh, NC, will be the Eulogist.

Public viewing will be from 12:00pm until 7:00p.m., Friday at Harris Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Mount Gilead, NC.

Public viewing will began at 11:00am on Saturday prior to the service.  Family Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m until 12:00pm prior to service. Interment will be in the Bruton Cemetery, Mount Gilead, NC (Wadeville Community).

Kenton was born on Wednesday August 24, 1988, in Mecklenburg County, NC, to Talbert and Gail Ingram Myers.  Kenton gave his life to Christ at an early age  and was baptized under Rev. Lonnie J. Hall and became a member of  Clarks Grove Missionary Baptist Church  in Mount Gilead, NC.   He attended the Montgomery County Schools and Durham Public Schools and was a graduate of Johnston County Middle College High School.  He was a maintenance engineer at the Millennium Hotel in Durham, NC.  He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Mr. Simon and Mrs. Viva Bruton Myers and maternal grandfather, Mr. Joe Nathan Ingram.  He will be sorely missed.

He leaves cherished memories to his beloved parents, Dr. Talbert Myers and Rev. Gail Ingram Myers, of Clayton, NC; one sister, Kinetta Myers Anderson (Jonathan) of Willow Spring, NC; one brother, Maurice Myers (Takiyah) of Willow Spring, NC; beloved grandmother, Mrs. Catherine Ingram of Mount Gilead, NC; niece and nephew, Sarah and Miguel Anderson; aunts, Vivian Johnson, Naomi Feaste, Sharon Hamilton (Danny), Marie Ingram and Joanne Hayes (Charles); uncles, Charles Ingram (Connie) and Carl Elliott Myers (Briget),  three great aunts, Mrs. Elizabeth Orr, Mrs. Constella Marshall, Mrs. Louise Gaddy and Mrs. Mildred Ratliff and a host of cousins and friends.