Larry Charles Myers

Larry Charles Myers passed from this life on September 4,2025 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  Larry was born on October 24,1941 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi to Beatrice and Archie Myers.  The family soon moved to Orange, Texas where Larry was raised in a loving home with his brother Harold.  He graduated from Lutcher Stark High School in 1959 and enrolled at The University of Southern Mississippi.  He graduated with a bachelor's degree in education 1964 but his most important accomplishment in Hattiesburg was meeting and successfully courting Lily Waltman, whom he married on June 6, 1964. 

After a brief time teaching in Mississippi Lily and Larry moved to Bridge City, Texas where they worked in the Bridge City Independent School District for their entire professional careers.  In 1969 they were blessed with the birth of their beloved daughter, Carol, and in 1972 David was added to the family.  Larry taught trigonometry and algebra at Bridge City High School for many years before moving on to administration as the curriculum director for the secondary schools.  His final career stop was as principal of Hatton Elementary, a position that was a far cry from the advanced math he taught years earlier but one which he thoroughly enjoyed.

Throughout his life Larry enjoyed spending time outdoors, whether it be camping in the Angelina National Forest in East Texas, spending a day at the beach, or visiting with his parents in their wooded backyard.  But his favorite destination was always the mountains of the west.  He drove the family campers from Big Bend in the West Texas desert to Banff in the Canadian Rockies, to the beaches of Florida, up the Smokey Mountains, and further east to our nation’s capital and up into Pennsylvania.  He loved the Yellowstone region and visited often, but his mountain home was always Colorado.  In retirement he and Lily gave up camping for the more comfortable townhome life in Silverthorne, Colorado.  They loved sharing the mountains and their home with friends and family alike.  

The transition to retired life coincided happily with the arrival of grandchildren, and if there was anything that surpassed Larry’s fondness of the mountains it was his love of his grandchildren.  This prompted a move to Hawkins, Texas where he and Lily enjoyed integrating into a new community.  They joined Hollybrook Baptist Church where Larry served as deacon.  Larry enjoyed tinkering with his two classic cars, a 1940 Packard coupe and a 1950 Packard sedan.  As the years ticked by he let the cars go but never lost his sharp eye and extensive knowledge of vintage American automobiles.

Larry’s back began to seriously fail him in 2023 leading to a series of surgeries that could not stop his physical decline.  He moved into an assisted living facility in 2024 in Carrollton, Texas and in June 2025 he and Lily moved into another facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  He was there just a few short months when he fell ill and succumbed to a rapidly progressive form of lymphoma.  He remained sharp-minded and good-humored to the end and passed with a view of the Rampart Range and Pike’s Peak out his window.

Larry was preceded in death by his bother Harold, mother Beatrice, and father Archie.  He is survived by his wife of 61 years Lily, daughter Carol, and son David (Heather); grandchildren Joshua (Morgan), Caleb and Jessica Hampton; Andrew, Rebecca and Luke Myers; and one great-grandson, Jacob Hampton.  

Larry loved his Lord, Lily, his family, the beauty of the Rocky Mountains, and his friends both new and old.  A memorial service in his honor will be held at Hollybrook Baptist Church in Hawkins, Texas on October 4, 2025, at 1 P.M.  In lieu of flower we request that you consider a donation to Texans on Mission (formerly Texas Baptist Men), a volunteer disaster relief group. https://www.texansonmission.org/ways-to-give.