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Walter Leo “Leo” Merrell

Birth
Death
12 Jun 1964 (aged 52)
Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA
Burial
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(Ref: CARLSBAD CURRENT-ARGUS, Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico, dated for Friday, June 12, 1964 front page, reads as follows:
LEO MERRELL
DIES TODAY,
RITES PENDING

Funeral arrangements were pending at Carpenter Funeral Home today for Leo Merrell, 52, who died this morning at a local hospital after a long illness. He was a salesman for Industrial Electric.

Merrell lived at 605 N. Second St., and was a member of Hillcrest Methodist Church. He was a 30-year resident of Carlsbad.

Survivors include his wife, Johnnye; three sons, Max, Spotswood, N.J., and Robert and Mike, both of Carlsbad; two brothers, Joe Merrell, Truth or Consequences, and Ted, Enid, Okla.; a sister, Mrs. W.C. Hall, Fort Worth, Tex., his mother, Mrs. Lemma Merrell, Forth Worth; and two grandchildren.

Members of the family asked that "in lieu" of so many flowers, those who desire may contribute to a Hillcrest Methodist Church Memorial fund.

(Ref: CARLSBAD CURRENT-ARGUS, Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico, dated for Sunday, June 14, 1964, page 2, reads as follows:
WALTER MERRELL
FUNERAL SLATED
THIS AFTERNOON

Funeral services for Walter Leo Merrell, 52, who died Friday in a Carlsbad hospital, will be conducted by Rev. R.A. English of Hillcrest Methodist Church at 2 p.m. today in Carpenter Funeral Home Chapel.

Burial will be in Carlsbad Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Jim Coleman, Allen Grimsley, T.P. Hansen, R.E. Tarleton, Louis Long and Buddy Johnson. Friends are to consider themselves honorary pallbearers.
(Ref: CARLSBAD CURRENT-ARGUS, Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico, dated for Friday, June 12, 1964 front page, reads as follows:
LEO MERRELL
DIES TODAY,
RITES PENDING

Funeral arrangements were pending at Carpenter Funeral Home today for Leo Merrell, 52, who died this morning at a local hospital after a long illness. He was a salesman for Industrial Electric.

Merrell lived at 605 N. Second St., and was a member of Hillcrest Methodist Church. He was a 30-year resident of Carlsbad.

Survivors include his wife, Johnnye; three sons, Max, Spotswood, N.J., and Robert and Mike, both of Carlsbad; two brothers, Joe Merrell, Truth or Consequences, and Ted, Enid, Okla.; a sister, Mrs. W.C. Hall, Fort Worth, Tex., his mother, Mrs. Lemma Merrell, Forth Worth; and two grandchildren.

Members of the family asked that "in lieu" of so many flowers, those who desire may contribute to a Hillcrest Methodist Church Memorial fund.

(Ref: CARLSBAD CURRENT-ARGUS, Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico, dated for Sunday, June 14, 1964, page 2, reads as follows:
WALTER MERRELL
FUNERAL SLATED
THIS AFTERNOON

Funeral services for Walter Leo Merrell, 52, who died Friday in a Carlsbad hospital, will be conducted by Rev. R.A. English of Hillcrest Methodist Church at 2 p.m. today in Carpenter Funeral Home Chapel.

Burial will be in Carlsbad Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Jim Coleman, Allen Grimsley, T.P. Hansen, R.E. Tarleton, Louis Long and Buddy Johnson. Friends are to consider themselves honorary pallbearers.


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  • Created by: Betty
  • Added: Feb 25, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66120524/walter_leo-merrell: accessed ), memorial page for Walter Leo “Leo” Merrell (16 Jul 1911–12 Jun 1964), Find a Grave Memorial ID 66120524, citing Carlsbad Cemetery, Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA; Maintained by Betty (contributor 47301610).