Gary Sherman Myers, Class of 1964,
passed away Thursday, August 20. He lived in Fairmont with his wife for 49 years,
Dina Jan Myers.
Their children are Tracy Preston
Myers and the late Trent Sherman Myers.
His twin brother, Larry John Myers, also Class of 1964, operates
Larry Myers Hyundai in Bridgeport, where Larry lives. They have a sister,
Sherry Myers Colanero, Class of 1965, who is married to Bob Colanero.
Gary was a football, basketball and
golf coach at Clarksburg Notre Dame High School, a coach in Little League
Baseball and a coach on the Fraternal Order of Police Pee Wee football team
that won the championship in a Raleigh, North Carolina bowl game. Gary also
coached basketball at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic School in Monongah.
When not coaching for teaching he was
an insurance agent for Henry and Hardesty and later Chamber and Flowers of
Clarksburg and Accordia/Wells-Fargo in Clarksburg.
They attended the 2014 Monongah High
Alumni Reunion in Fairmont.
Domico Funeral Home in Fairmont is
handling Gary’s arrangements.
Gary’s obituary:
Gary Sherman Myers
July 18, 1946 - August 20, 2020
Gary Sherman Myers, 74, of Fairmont passed away on
August 20, 2020. He was born July 18, 1946 at Fairmont General Hospital, a son
of the late Kenneth Sherman and Goldie Jean Myers. His widow is Dina Jan Myers.
He graduated from Monongah High School and Fairmont
State College. He obtained his Bachelor’s Degree and teaching certificate.
He taught high school in Lorain, Ohio, then
returned to West Virginia to teach at Notre Dame High School in Clarksburg.
While at Notre Dame, he was the head football coach and assistant basketball
coach, as well as coaching golf.
He decided to pursue another career and left to
work as an insurance agent. He began at Henry and Hardesty from which he moved
on to Chamber and Flowers of Clarksburg. After 22 years, he went to work for
Accordia/Wells-Fargo in Clarksburg from where he retired.
Through all this, he remained a sports fan and also
coached Little League Baseball and F.O.P. football which he went to a bowl game
at Raleigh, North Carolina where they became Pee Wee champions. He also coached
basketball at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic School in Monongah. Gary was a
member of the Monongah Baptist Church.
Gary is survived by his wife, Dina Jan Myers, of 49
years; a son, Preston Tracy Myers; a daughter-in-law, Sharon Lynn Myers; and
three grandchildren, Kelsie, Autumn, and Shadon; and a great grandson, Vincent
Ganon Sauro. He is also survived by his twin brother, Larry with his wife
Rickie Myers and his sister, Sherry with her husband, Bob Colanero; his nieces,
Michelle and husband Bill, Missy and husband Scott, Marcy and husband Mike, and
Mindy and husband Shawn; one brother-in-law, Harrison Tracy Thompson with wife
Kim and children: Blake, Megan, Brooks, and Mary Katherine. Gary has 10 nieces
and nephews; cousins; and others he also cared about.
Gary was preceded in death by Trent Sherman Myers,
our loving son; Sue Livingston and her son, Eddy.
Dina wishes to acknowledge and thank her cousin
Virginia for all the things that she has done.
Due to COVID-19 concerns, the services will be
private. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be
made to Monongah Baptist Church, 256 Lyndon Avenue, Monongah, WV 26554. Online
condolences may be sent to the family at www.domicofh.com
. Arrangements are under the care of Domico Funeral Home in Fairmont.
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