Husband: Oral Ralph Merritt
Born: May- 1-1916 in Harrison Co, WV 1,2,3
Died: Nov-25-1992 2,3
Buried: in Forest Lawn Gardens, McMurray, Washington Co, PA 4
Resided: in Washington, Washington Co, PA 5,6
Resided: 1937, 1948 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV 1,7
Census: 1940 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV
Father: DeWitt Talmadge "Doc" Merritt (1894 - 1948)
Mother: Etta Wanda Hart (1893 - 1975)
Other spouse 1
Other spouse 3
Wife: Delma Comeal Blake
Married: Sep- 4-1948 in Salem, WV 8
Born: Mar-22-1910 at Coburns Fork (Jarvisville), Harrison Co, WV 4,3,9
Died: 1963 3
Buried: in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 4
Resided: 1948 in Salem, WV 1
Census: 1930 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV
Father: William Blaine "Will" Blake (1885 - 1972)
Mother: Tacy Ann Stickle (1882 - 1956)
Other spouse 1
Sources: (1) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (2) Social Security Death Index. (3) Headstone (year only) (4) Findagrave.com. (5) Obituary of mother. (6) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (7) Death record of father. (8) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Oral Ralph Merritt, divorced, b. May 1 1916 at Salem, son of Dewitt Merritt & Etta Hart Merritt; and Delma Comeal Hayes, divorced, b. Mar 22 1910 at Coburns Fork in Harrison Co, dau of William Blaine Blake & Tacy Ann Stickle Blake. Married Sep 4 1948 at Salem. MR p. 135. (9) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Record of Oct 1928 marriage to Ogdan Hayes states her birth date as Mar 23 1910. But record of Sep 1948 marriage to Oral Merritt gives it as Mar 22 1910.