Myrtis Evelyn Foxworth, 71, of Decatur, Mississippi, died Wednesday, July 22, 2020, at Rush Medical Center.

Myrtis was born February 16, 1949, the first of three children to Leola & Milton Fillingane in Hattiesburg, MS. When she was a teenager her family moved to Houston, TX. She lived there for the next 25 years until her family moved back to MS, where she lived the rest of her life.

Visitation will be held Saturday, July 25, 2020 from 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM at Newton County Funeral Home-North. Funeral Services will follow at 11:00 AM in the chapel. Burial will be in Mount Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery. Bro. Kevin Meador will officiate. Newton County Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. (601) 635-3200. Social Distancing should be practiced and masks are suggested.

She is survived by her siblings, Vera Conrad (Steve) and Walter Fillingane (Virginia); two step-sons, T.J. Foxworth of Chicago, IL, and Patrick Smith of Las Vegas, NV; one niece, Brandy Stefonik; two nephews, Scott Fillingane and Joshua Fillingane; her special caregivers, Crystal Rymes and Bernice Talbert.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Thomas Foxworth.