ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: MERRITT, WILLIAM LUTHER, SR. 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: The St. Tammany News, St. Tammany, La.

Published on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 

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William Luther Merritt, Sr. passed away Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011, at his 
residence, at the age of 68. 

He was a Vietnam War veteran and was of the Baptist Faith.

Mr. Merritt is survived by his wife of 43 years, Liz Merritt; two children, 
Wendy Beth Merritt deBram and her husband Jacob James deBram Sr., and William 
Luther ÒLouÓ Merritt, Jr.; two sisters, Helen Merritt Williams and Yvonne 
Merritt Carter and two grandchildren, Jacob ÒJakeÓ James deBram, Jr. and Emma 
Elizabeth deBram. 

He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Alice Merritt and a brother, 
Jack Merritt.

Funeral services were held Saturday, from the chapel of D.T. Williams Funeral 
Home, 67525 Hwy. 41, Pearl River. 
Interment was in Hickory Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Pearl River, 
with Brother Jim Baham officiating

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