Julian Peeples Myrick

Family-Placed Death Notice

Julian Peeples Myrick, 84, died November 27, 2003. He was born in Milledgeville, Georgia on August 9, 1919. He was the son of William Samford Myrick and Florence Nightingale Cater. He was raised in Lakeland, Florida where he lived until completing Auburn University as an honor graduate. He was President of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. He entered the U.S. Army on November 24, 1940. On April 13, 1942, he married Mary Wiley Johnson of Orlando, Florida. He fought in WWII with the 31st Infantry Division of the Field artillery. He was awarded two Bronze Service Stars for service in New Guinea and the Southern Phillipines. He left active service with the rank of major in April of 1946. After the war, Julian and Mary made their home in Orlando, where they raised their four children. He founded Myrick's Furniture and Myrick's Interiors in Orlando. He was active in his church and many civic organizations. He entered the real estate field and developed Country Club Town Houses in Orlando and Hurricane Ridge Mountain properties in Waynesville, NC. In 1985, Julian and Mary moved to Atlanta, Georgia where they belonged to First Baptist Church of Atlanta. He is survived by his wife of sixty-one years, Mary, and his four children, Linda Forrester and Michael Myrick of Atlanta, Diane Cropp of Chattanooga and Bruce Myrick of Orlando. Julian had seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Online tributes may be made at www.mem.com. Services will be at the Chapel of First Baptist Church of Atlanta at 4400 North Peachtree Road on Sunday, November 30 at 2:30 P.M. The family will receive friends between 1:30 and 2:30 at the chapel. Interment, Arlington Memorial Park. Arrangements by H.M. Patterson and Son, Arlington Chapel, (404) 851-9900.