Obituaries:  Mrs. Emma Edlee Merritt, Sabine Parish       M-630
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 11, 1986
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. Emma Edlee Merritt

  Mrs. Emma Edlee Merritt, 68, died in Lufkin, Tex., on Sept. 7,
1986, at 12:15 p.m., in an accident.

  Services were held at Pendleton Assembly of God, on Sept. 9,
1986, at 4 p.m., with the Rev. C. E. Bell, and the Rev. Jerry
Bell officiating. Interment was in Pendleton Assembly of God
Cemetery, under the direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  She is survived by one daughter, Lawanda Hayes, Bridge City,
Tex.; three sons, Pascal Merritt, Telvin Merritt, and Lavan
Merritt, all of Many; two sisters, Joy Adams of Campti, and Jesse
Mae Harrison of Bornesville, Ga.; four brothers, F. C. Dowden of
Zwolle, M. T. Dowden of Kirthwood, Gene Dowden of Campti, and
Hoover Dowden of Baton Rouge; 214 grandchildren; and 5 great
grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.