<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/obituaries/myrtle-romer.html" dsn="news"><item_date>12/07/2010 10:45:00 am</item_date><category_header>Obituary</category_header><image/><firstname>Myrtle</firstname><middlename>Lea</middlename><maidenname>Bennett</maidenname><lastname>Romer</lastname><suffix/><graduation-Year>'36</graduation-Year><relationship-to-university>Alumni</relationship-to-university><degree-program-completed/><position-held-at-the-university/><title>Myrtle Romer</title><author/><type>obituary</type><categories/><relationships><relationship>Alumni</relationship></relationships><main-content>Myrtle Lea Bennett Romer (’36), Henderson. She was executive director of Camp Fire Girls in Marshall for 31 years and a charter member of the World War II Memorial Monument Association in Washington, D.C., as well as former president of the Henderson AARP and Henderson Pilot Service Club. She was a founding member of the William Phillips Family Association, a volunteer at her local chamber of commerce and Depot Museum, and a member of the Henderson High School Alumni Association and Rusk County Historical Association.</main-content></item>