ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: MERRITT, ROBERT WADE 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

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

Posted: Sunday, June 10, 2012 

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Robert Wade Merritt, 82, passed away on Sunday, June 3, 2012, at the Carpenter 
House in Baton Rouge. The native of Meridian, Miss., and a Slidell resident was 
a Slidell High School retired teacher and co-owner of Driving Academy of 
Slidell. 

Merritt also as an Air Force Veteran of the Korean War, joined the Army after 
the Korean War and was honorably discharged as a second lieutenant.

He received a bacelor’s degree in biology and master’s degree in traffic safety 
from the University of Southern Mississippi.

He is survived by his wife, Anna Merle Merritt; sister-in-law, Carolyn Leggett 
Lang; four sisters, Sally Robertson Brown, Virginia Merritt Williams, Myra 
Merritt Mabry and Beckie Robertson Berry and numerous nieces and nephews. A 
memorial service will be held at First Christian Church in Meridian, Miss., and 
a celebration of his life will be held in Atlanta.

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