Age 82, of Elizabethton, TN.
Son of late Dan and Dottie Ward Merritt. He was a retired employee of North American Rayon Corporation. He was a member of Valley Forge Church of God and later attended Roan Street Church of God.
Mr. Merritt was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II, having served in the Pacific Theater where he was wounded in 1945 and was awarded the Purple Heart. He was a former member of the Captain Lynn H. Folsom V.F.W. Post #2166 and the Disabled American Veterans.
He was preceded in death by his wife of over fifty years, Nell Stewart Merritt; a sister, Ruth Oxendine; an infant sister and an infant brother.
Survivors include a son, Larry Merritt and his wife, Nancy, Elizabethton; two daughters, Vivian Newman and her husband, Jim, Madisonville, TN, and Linda Conner Parker and her husband, Pat, Johnson City; five grandchildren, Mike Merritt and his wife, Mitzi, Kenneth Merritt and his wife, Kelly, Diane Dugger and her husband, Charles, Sarah Newman and Ricky Conner and his wife, Heather; five great-grandchildren, Adam and Ellie Dugger and Katie, Clayton and Karie Merritt; a sister, Myrtle Sims, Elizabethton; and two brothers, Billy Merritt and his wife, Sue, and Bobby Merritt and his wife, June, all of Elizabethton. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Son of late Dan and Dottie Ward Merritt. He was a retired employee of North American Rayon Corporation. He was a member of Valley Forge Church of God and later attended Roan Street Church of God.
Mr. Merritt was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II, having served in the Pacific Theater where he was wounded in 1945 and was awarded the Purple Heart. He was a former member of the Captain Lynn H. Folsom V.F.W. Post #2166 and the Disabled American Veterans.
He was preceded in death by his wife of over fifty years, Nell Stewart Merritt; a sister, Ruth Oxendine; an infant sister and an infant brother.
Survivors include a son, Larry Merritt and his wife, Nancy, Elizabethton; two daughters, Vivian Newman and her husband, Jim, Madisonville, TN, and Linda Conner Parker and her husband, Pat, Johnson City; five grandchildren, Mike Merritt and his wife, Mitzi, Kenneth Merritt and his wife, Kelly, Diane Dugger and her husband, Charles, Sarah Newman and Ricky Conner and his wife, Heather; five great-grandchildren, Adam and Ellie Dugger and Katie, Clayton and Karie Merritt; a sister, Myrtle Sims, Elizabethton; and two brothers, Billy Merritt and his wife, Sue, and Bobby Merritt and his wife, June, all of Elizabethton. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Age 82, of Elizabethton, TN.
Son of late Dan and Dottie Ward Merritt. He was a retired employee of North American Rayon Corporation. He was a member of Valley Forge Church of God and later attended Roan Street Church of God.
Mr. Merritt was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II, having served in the Pacific Theater where he was wounded in 1945 and was awarded the Purple Heart. He was a former member of the Captain Lynn H. Folsom V.F.W. Post #2166 and the Disabled American Veterans.
He was preceded in death by his wife of over fifty years, Nell Stewart Merritt; a sister, Ruth Oxendine; an infant sister and an infant brother.
Survivors include a son, Larry Merritt and his wife, Nancy, Elizabethton; two daughters, Vivian Newman and her husband, Jim, Madisonville, TN, and Linda Conner Parker and her husband, Pat, Johnson City; five grandchildren, Mike Merritt and his wife, Mitzi, Kenneth Merritt and his wife, Kelly, Diane Dugger and her husband, Charles, Sarah Newman and Ricky Conner and his wife, Heather; five great-grandchildren, Adam and Ellie Dugger and Katie, Clayton and Karie Merritt; a sister, Myrtle Sims, Elizabethton; and two brothers, Billy Merritt and his wife, Sue, and Bobby Merritt and his wife, June, all of Elizabethton. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Son of late Dan and Dottie Ward Merritt. He was a retired employee of North American Rayon Corporation. He was a member of Valley Forge Church of God and later attended Roan Street Church of God.
Mr. Merritt was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II, having served in the Pacific Theater where he was wounded in 1945 and was awarded the Purple Heart. He was a former member of the Captain Lynn H. Folsom V.F.W. Post #2166 and the Disabled American Veterans.
He was preceded in death by his wife of over fifty years, Nell Stewart Merritt; a sister, Ruth Oxendine; an infant sister and an infant brother.
Survivors include a son, Larry Merritt and his wife, Nancy, Elizabethton; two daughters, Vivian Newman and her husband, Jim, Madisonville, TN, and Linda Conner Parker and her husband, Pat, Johnson City; five grandchildren, Mike Merritt and his wife, Mitzi, Kenneth Merritt and his wife, Kelly, Diane Dugger and her husband, Charles, Sarah Newman and Ricky Conner and his wife, Heather; five great-grandchildren, Adam and Ellie Dugger and Katie, Clayton and Karie Merritt; a sister, Myrtle Sims, Elizabethton; and two brothers, Billy Merritt and his wife, Sue, and Bobby Merritt and his wife, June, all of Elizabethton. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
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