Livingston-Avoyelles-Concordia County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Firmin, Merrit Sylvair "Pic" March 27, 2010
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The Livingston Parish News - 1Apr 2010
FIRMIN, MERRIT SYLVAIR “PIC”

Merrit Sylvair “Pic” Firmin 69 died Saturday, March 27, 2010 in Gulfport, MS. 
He was born in Avoyelles Parish and grew up in Vidalia.  He had been a resident
of the Mississippi Gulf Coast since 1976. He was a US Air Force veteran and was
nominated as airman of the month for two consecutive months.  He had also
received a commendation for saving a young lady from drowning while serving at
the Pentagon.  Pic attended Northeast Louisiana University at Monroe and earned
a bachelor’s degree from William Carey College.  He earned a master’s degree
from the University of Southern Mississippi and was a 1969 fellow at Stanford
University.  He had worked as editor at the Alexandria Daily Town Talk in
Alexandria; Delta Democrat Times in Greenville, MS; Santa Fe Reporter, Santa Fe,
NM; and later became executive editor of the Sun Herald until his retirement in
1991.  After his retirement he taught history at Mississippi Gulf Coast
Community College and William Carey College.  While at the Delta Democrat he
played a vital role in the civil rights movement of the 1960s.  Pic had a
passion for the pursuit of history and knowledge.  He was a master fence builder.

Visitation was held Monday, March 29, 2010 at Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Home in
Gulfport and resumed on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 with the funeral service at
Westminster Presbyterian Church with interment in Southern Memorial Park.

His wife, a daughter and son-in-law, a stepdaughter and her spouse, a stepson, a
brother and sister-in-law, and five grandchildren survive him, 

Preceding him in death were his parents, Hillary Pierre Firmin and Adelaide
Smith Firmin; and his first wife, Dixie Lee Harvey Firmin


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