Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John Wesley Merritt    
                Born: Dec- 3-1903           1
                Died: Apr- 1-1983           1
              Buried:                      in Hardman Chapel Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV  2,3
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Verbia Ilan Cox   4  
                Born: Jan-16-1907           1
                Died: Dec-26-1991           1
              Buried:                      in Hardman Chapel Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV  2,3
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Kenneth Irwin Merritt      
                Born: Jul-27-1929          in Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV  5
             Resided: 1996, 2004, 2006     in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  6,7,8
             Resided: 1949                 in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV  5
                Wife: Betty Louise Ford  b. Sep-18-1931  d. May-19-2006  
             Married: Oct-14-1949          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  5

Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(3) Findagrave.com. 
(4) Marriage record of son. 
(5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(6) Obituary of wife's sister. 
(7) Obituary of wife's brother. 
(8) Obituary of wife. 







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