Myrtle Lee Mottern

January 7, 1926 - August 21, 2018

Myrtle Lee Mottern, age 92, of Bristol, VA passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at her home. She was a longtime resident of Bristol and a graduate of Bristol Virginia High School. Myrtle Lee was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Ella Mae Moretz Kirby; her first husband, Robert J. Mottern, Jr., her second husband, Charles Vickers, brother, Charles Kirby and a sister, Betty Jo Kirby. She was a lifelong member of Central Christian Church. Survivors include her son, Robert J. Mottern, III; daughter, Cindy Mottern, both of Bristol, TN; two grandsons, Nathan Mottern and wife, Sara of Johnson City, TN, Josh Lauman of CA; granddaughter, Lindsey Lauman of Bristol, TN; great-granddaughter, Averie Mottern; several nieces and nephews and their families, Judy Pippin, Jim Pippin and Gordon Pippin and special friend, Michael Bridgeman. The family would like to give a special thanks to her caregivers, Barbara Nunley, Sandra Buckels, Mackie Mullins and Shirley Wheeler. The funeral service will be conducted at 7:00 P.M., Thursday, August 23, 2018 in Akard Funeral Home Chapel with Gordon Pippin, Minister, officiating. The committal service and interment will be conducted at 11:00 A.M., Friday in Shelby Hills Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 – 7:00 P.M., Thursday prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to St. Jude’s Children Hospital, 501 St. Jude’s Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Condolences and memories may be left for the family at akardfuneralhome.com Akard Funeral Home, (423) 989-4800 is serving the Mottern family.