Eleanor Carver
Marion - Eleanor Merrell Carver, 68, of 18 W. Court St., died Monday in a Baltimore, Md., hospital.
A native of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late John Henry and Freddie Estelle Searcy Merrell. She was a member of Marion First Presbyterian Church and was a co-owner of Old World Pizza.
Surviving are a son, James E. Carver of Marion; three brothers, J. H., Woodfin and Richard Merrell, all of Asheville; eight sisters, Barbara Smith and Judy Kilpatrick of Charlotte, Willie Penland, Louise Lyda, Geraldine Duncan, Hazel Merrell, Pat Stoll and Freda Lytle, all of Asheville; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of McCall-Kirksey Funeral Home. The Revs. George Hutchins and Douglas Worley will officiate. Burial will be in Bethany United Methodist Church cemetery, Fletcher.
The family will receive friends from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society.
Newspapers.com, Asheville Citizen Times, 15 April 1987, Pg. 12.
Eleanor Carver
Marion - Eleanor Merrell Carver, 68, of 18 W. Court St., died Monday in a Baltimore, Md., hospital.
A native of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late John Henry and Freddie Estelle Searcy Merrell. She was a member of Marion First Presbyterian Church and was a co-owner of Old World Pizza.
Surviving are a son, James E. Carver of Marion; three brothers, J. H., Woodfin and Richard Merrell, all of Asheville; eight sisters, Barbara Smith and Judy Kilpatrick of Charlotte, Willie Penland, Louise Lyda, Geraldine Duncan, Hazel Merrell, Pat Stoll and Freda Lytle, all of Asheville; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of McCall-Kirksey Funeral Home. The Revs. George Hutchins and Douglas Worley will officiate. Burial will be in Bethany United Methodist Church cemetery, Fletcher.
The family will receive friends from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society.
Newspapers.com, Asheville Citizen Times, 15 April 1987, Pg. 12.
Family Members
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Willie Mae Merrell Penland
1916–2002
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SSGT Joseph Ellard Merrell
1921–1945
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Kenneth A Merrell
1922–1975
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Louise Merrell Lyda
1924–2010
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John Henry Merrell Jr
1927–2005
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Woodfin Marcus "Hoop" Merrell
1928–1993
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Hazel Elizabeth Merrell
1930–1996
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Barbara Merrell Smith
1932–2000
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Elsie Geraldine Merrell Duncan
1934–2010
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D Larry Merrell
1938–1966
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Richard Arnold Merrell
1939–2016
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Frieda Jennette Merrell Lytle
1941–2020
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Judith "Judy" Merrell Kilpatrick
1942–2007
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