Carroll County TN Archives Obituaries.....Merritt, Adelaide R November 27, 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Julia Williams Kodak Jkodak@aol.com December 6, 2005, 11:03 am Elizabethton Star December 2, 2005 Adelaide R. Merritt NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. -- Mrs. Adelaide Reed Merritt, beloved wife of the late Samuel Blaine Merritt, went home to be with her Lord on Monday, November 28, 2005, at her residence. Mrs. Merritt was a native of Elizabethton, Tenn. She was a charter member of Fleming Christian Church and attended Christ's Way Christian Church in Aiken with her son following her husband's death. She truly loved her church and church family. Mrs. Merritt worked for United Way as an Administrative Assistant for 15 years and was a Field Representative for the American Heart Association until her retirement. She believed Jesus Christ was her Savior and served the Lord everyday of her life. Survivors include her son, Alan Reed Merritt and his wife Sharon Boyce Merritt of North Augusta; a daughter, Elaine Merritt of Martinez; a brother, Dorsey Reed and his wife Barbara of Johnson City, Tenn; three grandchildren, Kellie Merritt and her fiancé Patrick Gleason, Dina Holcombe and her husband George, and Chris Thompson and his wife Elisha; eight great-grandchildren; a special niece, Whitney Johns Martin and her husband Charles; and a special nephew, Jeffery Johns and his wife Arlene. She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years and her beloved sister, Charlotte Johns. Funeral services for Mrs. Merritt will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, December 2, at Crawford Avenue Chapel with Pastor Michael Terry and Rev. George Holcombe Jr. officiating. Interment will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Patrick Gleason, Ryan Terry, Billy Parham, Richard Wead, Chris Thompson and Sam Franklin. The family received friends at the funeral home on Thursday, Dec. 1, from 6 until 8 p.m. If so desired, memorials may be made to Christ's Way Christian Church Building Fund, 183 Old Wagner Road, Aiken, SC 29801 or Fleming Christian Church Meals on Wheels, 2526 Lumpkin Road, Augusta, GA 30906. Platt's Funeral Home, 721 Crawford Avenue, Augusta, GA 30904, (706) 733- 3636, is serving the Merritt family. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/carroll/obits/m/merritt90gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/tnfiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb