Merrell obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Name, date of obit, date submitted, submitted for the USGenWeb Archives by: Merrell, Margaret R 14 May 1954 Dec 2007 Jerry Nelson *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Hammond Vindicator: 5/14/1954 MERRELL, MARGARET R. Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret R. Merrell, 91, who passed away Saturday at Wiginton Memorial Hospital, were held Sunday from the Thomas Funeral Home. Interment was in Greenlawn Cemetery. She was born in Galesburg, Knox County, Ill. on October 22, 1863. She moved to Vernon County, Mo. with her parents and later taught school near Moundville, Mo. In 1885 she married William Boyd Merrell of Waynetown, Ind., who preceded her in death in 1947. To this union, six children were born, four of whom are still living. After their marriage they lived in Waynestown, Ind. and moved to Hammond in 1917. She is survived by one son, H. B. Merrell of Niles, Mich.; three daughters, Mrs. Lois Mills of Poplarville, Miss., Mrs. Agnes Horne and Mrs. Ellen Hugo, both of Hammond; 6 grandchildren and 12 great, grandchildren. *************************************************************************** File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/tangipahoa/obits/obitssur/merrell.txt