Myrtle Fay Burchett, age 100 years, 4½ months, of Olive Hill, Kentucky, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Monday, March 23, 2026, at her residence.
She was born Thursday, November 5, 1925, at Carter Caves Lake, before it was a lake or a state park to the late James Crawford and Martha Workman Burchett. She was a Christian woman whose life touched everyone. If you met her for a few minutes, you would fall in love with her.
Myrtle loved going to church, singing, writing songs, when God gave her the words to write, usually in the middle to the night. She would keep paper and pen by her bedside, just in case. She loved working outdoors in the gardens and flowers. She spent her time inside, making our clothes for school and for the winter. She served as a 4-H Leader, teaching knitting to students and one particular school teacher. She loved crocheting, reading, especially the Bible.
She would often tell us stories about her and her brother Ernest, getting into trouble. She had a mind like a steel trap. People would often come or call to ask something about their family that they needed to know. Before she got sick last year with a brain bleed, she would sing without a book or paper and was still memorizing songs.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 7 years, Walt Justice; two brothers, Eli Burchett, Ernest Burchett; two sisters, Mary Haney, Fannie Hensley, she is joining them and her youngest daughter, Marsha,we know she has been waiting on Mom.
Myrtle is survived by two daughters, Ernestine B. Rogers, Martha Burchett both of Olive Hill, Kentucky; two step-daughters, Linda (Roger) Duncan of Greenville, Tennessee, Cathy White of Olive Hill, Kentucky; two grandsons, Shawn Rogers, Adam (Jennifer) Burchett/Kiser; one great-grandson, Lance Rogers of Grayson, Kentucky; she also leaves her little dog that traveled with her, Princess, along with many other family and friends who will sadly miss her.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, March 28, 2026, at Globe Funeral Chapel, 17277 West US Hwy 60, Olive Hill, Kentucky, with Brother Gary Sparks, Brother Jerry Gray and Brother Danny Brown officiating. Burial will follow in Burchett Cemetery on Sutton Road in Carter County, Kentucky.
Friends may visit from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m., Friday, March 27, 2026, and after 9 a.m., Saturday, March 28, 2026, until the service hour at Globe Funeral Chapel.
Globe Funeral Chapel is honored to serve the family of Myrtle Fay Burchett.
