Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Merrick, Elizabeth Keller December 11, 1908
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Virginian Pilot December 12, 1908
 
MERRICK - Suddenly, in South Norfolk, Friday, December 11, 1908, at 4 p.m., 
ELIZABETH KELLER MERRICK, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Moses Merrick.
Funeral from the home TOMORROW (Sunday) AFTERNOON, December 13, at 3 o'clock.  
Friends of the family invited.  Interment in Magnolia Cemetery.
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LITTLE ELIZABETH MERRICK BURIED SUNDAY

One of the saddest funerals that has ever occurred in this section was that of 
little Elizabeth Keller Merrick, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Moses Merrick, 
which took place from their home in South Norfolk on Sunday afternoon.
The little girl was accidentally shot and killed on Friday afternoon, and her 
death came as a great shock to the family and the entire community.
The attendance at the funeral was very large and more than 1,000 people were 
present at the cemetery.  A special car over the Berkley Street Railway brought 
the Sunday school children down from South Norfolk, who sang very sweetly at the 
grave.
The obsequies were conducted by Rev. R. B. Scott, pastor of Liberty Street M.E. 
Church.  There were many floral tributes
The remains were laid to rest in Magnolia Cemetery, the following young men 
acting as pallbearers:
Masters Ernest Lowe, Grant Morgan, Wallace Marshall, Edgar Burden, Chapman 
Tilley and Raymond Jones.

Virginian Pilot December 15, 1908

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Complete story on page 2 of December 12, 1908 Virginian Pilot 
 

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