Reilly, Myrtle

Longtime Legal Secretary Worked For Circuit Court Judge Sam Payne

  • Sunday, October 28, 2018

Myrtle Reilly, 91, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, passed away on October 27, 2018.

She was a longtime resident of Chattanooga having moved here to attend business college. She was employed by the law firm of Milligan, Hooper and Harris as a legal secretary which later became Milligan, Barry, Hensley and Evans for 41 years and retired from the State of Tennessee in 2006 as a secretary to Circuit Court Judge Sam Payne where she worked for 11 and a half years.

Myrtle was an active member of the International Association of Administrative Professionals from 1969 until it was dissolved in 2015. She enjoyed volunteering and did so at Volunteers in Medicine, Siskin Hospital, Erlanger Hospital, Breast Center at the main campus and Erlanger East.  On March 9, 2018, Myrtle was presented with the American Cancer Society Life Inspiration Award for all the hours she gave as a volunteer.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John J. Reilly, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Davis of Chatsworth Georgia, three brothers, France, Milton and Ray Davis, three sisters, Annie Rogers, Ruby Fuqua and Alene Ross.

Myrtle is survived by her niece, Myra F. (Dr. Mark) Steele and their two children, Austin and Megan Steele, Chattanooga; niece, Jeanette (John) Tipton, Deland, Fl., great-niece and nephew, Kimberly and Charles Tipton; niece, Patricia Rogers (Scott) Painter, Dalton; nephew, Don Fuqua of Denver.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 30, in the funeral home chapel with Dr. Bill Owens officiating. Burial will follow at Hamilton Memorial Gardens.

Please visit www.heritagechattanogoa.com to share words of comfort and view the memorial tribute.

The family will receive friends on Tuesday, Oct. 30, from 9-11 a.m. at Heritage Funeral Home, 7454 E. Brainerd Road. 

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