Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....MERRICK, BETTY RUTH September 22, 2014 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gina Brown rootsgirl36@gmail.com September 27, 2014, 10:43 am News Star World - September 23, 2014 BETTY RUTH MERRICK Memorial service for Mrs. Betty Ruth Merrick, 89, of Monroe, LA will be held 1:00PM Wednesday, September 24, 2014, at St. Alban's Episcopal Church with Rev. Whit Stodgill and Rev. Gregg Riley officiating. Mrs. Merrick passed away on September 22, 2014 at St. Joseph's Nursing Home. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Osco and Carthel Coleman. Mrs. Merrick was a lifetime resident of Arkansas until she came to live about seven years ago with her daughter in Monroe. She was a member of St. Alban's Episcopal Church and the Daughters of the King. Mrs. Merrick was a graduate of Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas and received her Master's Degree from the University of Arkansas. She was a retired teacher and taught at Morrilton High School, Sacred Heart Catholic School, and Forrest City High School in Arkansas. The love of her life was her daughter, grandchildren and great grandchildren to whom she was affectionately known as GiGi. Mrs. Merrick also loved knitting, traveling and cross word puzzles. Mrs. Merrick was preceded in death by her husband, V.H. Merrick, Jr. Survivors include her daughter, Carlene Riley and husband Rev. Gregg Riley of Monroe, LA; grandchildren, Carolyn Riley Kirk and husband Col. Daniel Kirk of Springfield, VA; and Matthew Taylor Riley of Monroe, LA; and four great grandchildren, Hannah Austin Hunnicutt, Holly Mae Hunnicutt, Heidi Ruth Hunnicutt, and Daniel Kane Kirk IV. Visitation will be held from 12noon until service time at St. Alban's Episcopal Church. Memorials may be made to St. Alban's Episcopal Church or the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/obits/m/merrick3199nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/lafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb