Dwight Myers

Dwight L. Myers MOCKSVILLE Mr. Dwight L. Myers, 82, of US Hwy 64 W, died Monday, March 25, 2013, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home, Winston-Salem. He was born April 15, 1930, to the late Gaston Jarvis and Beatriz Johnson Myers and grew up in a small community called Windsor Cross Roads, in Yadkin County, five miles north of Union Grove. Mr. Myers finished high school at Union Grove in three years and went on to Wake Forest College. He came to Davie County when he was 20 years old, and has made Davie his home ever since. At the age of 22, he did a tour of duty in the U.S. Coast Guard, then worked for the U.S. Defense Department, for approximately 20 years. Mr. Myers had traveled the world intensively, bringing back ideas which he incorporated in his ventures. He has been awarded two U.S. patents. Mr. Myers has been involved in numerous business ventures, such as developing Lake Myers Family Campground, creating the first water park, which has now spread around the world, and numerous other ventures. He was a member of Zion Baptist Church, Yadkinville, and was a member of Mocksville Masonic Lodge A.F. & A.M. 134. Survivors include a son, James "Jim" D. Myers (Sharon); his wife, Beatriz Myers, who is originally from Neiva, Columbia, South America; a granddaughter, Amanda Myers; a great-grandson, Seth; and his close friend, Gary Goforth. A funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 30, at Eaton Funeral Chapel, Mr. Hank Van Hoy will deliver the eulogy. He will be laid to rest, with military rites, in a mausoleum he built on an island at the north end of Lake Myers. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, March 29, at the funeral home. Online condolences may be made at www. eatonfuneralservice.com.