Merit Executive Dies
At Mayfield Hospital
MAYFIELD, Ky. -- Pryor Sutherlin, chief executive of the Merit Clothing Co. here, died at 11:10 a.m. Saturday at the Mayfield Hospital.
Mr. Sutherlin, 72, had been hospitalized since suffering a stroke at his home on Thursday.
Mr. Sutherlin served as president of the clothing company from 1938 until 1942 when he was named chairman of the board of directors. He had been active in management of the company since the death of W.F. Foster, who succeeded him in the presidency, in 1967.
The lifelong Graves County resident also was a former director of the Bennett Coal Co. and the Exchange Bank here.
He was an elder in the Mayfield First Christian Church.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mable Bennett Sutherlin; a son, Billy Pryor Sutherlin, Mayfield; two daughters, Mrs. J. T. Hale, and Mrs. L. G. Cook, both of Mayfield; and a sister, Mrs. Marvin Ray, Mayfield.
Funeral services will be held at f3 p.m, Monday at the Byrn Funeral Chapel. The Rev. E. Thomas Wright, the Rev. Howard Baxter, Louisville, former pastor of the First Christian Church here, and the Rev. John Huffman, pastor of the Mayfield First Baptist Church will officiate. Burial will be in the High land Park Cemetery.
The Merit Clothing Co. will be closed all day Monday out of respect to Mr. Sutherlin.
The Sun-Democrat
Paducah, Ky
Sunday, April 13, 1969, p. 1
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At Mayfield Hospital
MAYFIELD, Ky. -- Pryor Sutherlin, chief executive of the Merit Clothing Co. here, died at 11:10 a.m. Saturday at the Mayfield Hospital.
Mr. Sutherlin, 72, had been hospitalized since suffering a stroke at his home on Thursday.
Mr. Sutherlin served as president of the clothing company from 1938 until 1942 when he was named chairman of the board of directors. He had been active in management of the company since the death of W.F. Foster, who succeeded him in the presidency, in 1967.
The lifelong Graves County resident also was a former director of the Bennett Coal Co. and the Exchange Bank here.
He was an elder in the Mayfield First Christian Church.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mable Bennett Sutherlin; a son, Billy Pryor Sutherlin, Mayfield; two daughters, Mrs. J. T. Hale, and Mrs. L. G. Cook, both of Mayfield; and a sister, Mrs. Marvin Ray, Mayfield.
Funeral services will be held at f3 p.m, Monday at the Byrn Funeral Chapel. The Rev. E. Thomas Wright, the Rev. Howard Baxter, Louisville, former pastor of the First Christian Church here, and the Rev. John Huffman, pastor of the Mayfield First Baptist Church will officiate. Burial will be in the High land Park Cemetery.
The Merit Clothing Co. will be closed all day Monday out of respect to Mr. Sutherlin.
The Sun-Democrat
Paducah, Ky
Sunday, April 13, 1969, p. 1
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Merit Executive Dies
At Mayfield Hospital
MAYFIELD, Ky. -- Pryor Sutherlin, chief executive of the Merit Clothing Co. here, died at 11:10 a.m. Saturday at the Mayfield Hospital.
Mr. Sutherlin, 72, had been hospitalized since suffering a stroke at his home on Thursday.
Mr. Sutherlin served as president of the clothing company from 1938 until 1942 when he was named chairman of the board of directors. He had been active in management of the company since the death of W.F. Foster, who succeeded him in the presidency, in 1967.
The lifelong Graves County resident also was a former director of the Bennett Coal Co. and the Exchange Bank here.
He was an elder in the Mayfield First Christian Church.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mable Bennett Sutherlin; a son, Billy Pryor Sutherlin, Mayfield; two daughters, Mrs. J. T. Hale, and Mrs. L. G. Cook, both of Mayfield; and a sister, Mrs. Marvin Ray, Mayfield.
Funeral services will be held at f3 p.m, Monday at the Byrn Funeral Chapel. The Rev. E. Thomas Wright, the Rev. Howard Baxter, Louisville, former pastor of the First Christian Church here, and the Rev. John Huffman, pastor of the Mayfield First Baptist Church will officiate. Burial will be in the High land Park Cemetery.
The Merit Clothing Co. will be closed all day Monday out of respect to Mr. Sutherlin.
The Sun-Democrat
Paducah, Ky
Sunday, April 13, 1969, p. 1
.
At Mayfield Hospital
MAYFIELD, Ky. -- Pryor Sutherlin, chief executive of the Merit Clothing Co. here, died at 11:10 a.m. Saturday at the Mayfield Hospital.
Mr. Sutherlin, 72, had been hospitalized since suffering a stroke at his home on Thursday.
Mr. Sutherlin served as president of the clothing company from 1938 until 1942 when he was named chairman of the board of directors. He had been active in management of the company since the death of W.F. Foster, who succeeded him in the presidency, in 1967.
The lifelong Graves County resident also was a former director of the Bennett Coal Co. and the Exchange Bank here.
He was an elder in the Mayfield First Christian Church.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mable Bennett Sutherlin; a son, Billy Pryor Sutherlin, Mayfield; two daughters, Mrs. J. T. Hale, and Mrs. L. G. Cook, both of Mayfield; and a sister, Mrs. Marvin Ray, Mayfield.
Funeral services will be held at f3 p.m, Monday at the Byrn Funeral Chapel. The Rev. E. Thomas Wright, the Rev. Howard Baxter, Louisville, former pastor of the First Christian Church here, and the Rev. John Huffman, pastor of the Mayfield First Baptist Church will officiate. Burial will be in the High land Park Cemetery.
The Merit Clothing Co. will be closed all day Monday out of respect to Mr. Sutherlin.
The Sun-Democrat
Paducah, Ky
Sunday, April 13, 1969, p. 1
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