Obituary for
Earlene Merritt
submitted by
Edgle Dyer
| Services for
Emma Earlene Merritt, 65, of Brownfield were held at 10 a.m. Saturday, October 23, 2010, at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Ruby Moultrie officiating. Burial was in Terry County Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Brownfield Funeral Home. Earlene passed away Wednesday, October 20, 2010, at her daughter's home in Brownfield. She was born December 23, 1944, in Crane, Texas to Earl and Clercy Smith Rowan and graduated from Levelland High School in 1963. She married Gary Elliott in February of 1963, in Levelland. He preceded her in death on April 10, 1975. Earlene then married Alton Max Merritt on March 2, 1978 in Brownfield. He preceded her in death on Feb. 4, 2009. She and her husband owned and operated Merritt's Grocery for many years before retiring. She was a member of First United Methodist Church where she was a member of the choir, hand bell choir, Methodist Women and a Sunday School teacher. Earlene is survived by her daughters, Donna Hodges and husband Ronnie of Brownfield and Renea Nave and husband Chuck of Brownfield; a son, Doug Elliott and wife Kelley of Keller; five grandchildren, Nick Hodges, Chris Flippin and wife Heather, Amber Proctor and husband Rex, Logan and Lexie Nave; two great grandchildren, E.J. Hodges and Rhowen Flippin. Brownfield News |