Myrtice Roberts Cain

Myrtice Roberts Cain, age 88 of Chestnut Mountain, GA, passed away on Friday, February 21, 2014 at home following an extended illness.


Funeral services will be held on Monday, February 24, 2014 at 2:00 pm in the chapel of Memorial Park Funeral Home with interment to follow in the Military Garden of Memorial Park Cemetery. Reverend Phil Carpenter and Reverend Darin Vogt will officiate. The family will receive friends on Sunday, February 23, 2014 from 2 - 5 pm at the funeral home.

Mrs. Cain was born on October 18, 1925 in Chestnut Mountain, GA to the late Jessie Lee Roberts and Suzie Paralee Shubert Roberts. She was a homemaker and was a member of Chicopee Baptist Church.

She was our sweet, sweet wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She loved so strongly, served everyone with all her heart, loved The Lord, honored her husband and loved him immensely, and always had a smile on her face. We are blessed to have known her and to have been loved by her.

Mrs. Cain is survived by her husband of 67 years, Joseph Harding "Joe" Cain , daughter Barbara Cain Hosea of Lilburn, daughter and son in law Sandy and Bill Leonard of Sandy Springs, grandsons and wives Andy and Kim Hosea of West Town, New York , Billy and Yen Ling Leonard of Highlands, North Carolina, granddaughter and husband Martha Cary and Justin Lowery of Douglasville, great grandchildren Annabelle Leonard, Savannah Leonard, Tallulah Leonard, Reese Lowery, and Jacob Lowery, sister and brother-in-law Annette and Johnny Turk of Gainesville, and LaVern Porter of Chestnut Mtn.