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Myrtle Mae Ganzy

d. August 11, 2020

Myrtle Mae Ganzy

Mrytle Mae Ganzy (Myrt), age 92, of Gulfport, MS, passed away on Tuesday, August 11, 2020, in Gulfport. Mrs. Ganzy was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on July 22, 1928, to Homer W. Johnson, Sr. and Charlotte Johnson. She attended Springfield Trade School High School and was employed by the Milton Bradley Company and the post office in Springfield, MA; Sears in Biloxi, MS, the telephone company as a phone switchboard operator, Gulfport schools in the cafeteria, and as a babysitter. She enjoyed crocheting and knitting. She is preceded in death by her parents and her siblings Homer W. Johnson, Jr., and Louise Samuels. She is survived by her spouse Allen R. Ganzy; children, James Pleize Wilkinson, III (Linda), Ronald Blair Wilkinson (Dede) and Charlene Foster; siblings Charlotte Hillhouse (Joe) and Joyce Jones; grandchildren Myrtell Bailey, Godfrey H. Foster, Jr., James Daryle Foster, Clayton James Wilkinson, Vanessa Lynn Dawson, Ronald Blair Wilkinson, Jr., and Corine Howard Durham; great grandchildren Marcus Howard, Malcolm Howard, Danni Howard, Kathryn Foster, Keona Whitehead, Kyle Whitehead, Calvin, Jr., Jurnae, and numerous nieces and nephews. There will be a Memorial Service on Zoom on Saturday, August 22, 2020, at 1:00 p.m., ID# 374-345-6642, password 228-831-0912. Bradford O’Keefe Funeral Home, O’Neal Road Chapel, is honored to serve the family.
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