The Times
Leader Princeton
Kentucky October 28th 1992
Robert
Merrick, 73, of West Main Street,
Princeton, died Sunday, October 25th, at
Caldwell County Hospital Emergency Room, following a long illness.
Funeral services were held today, Wednesday, October 28th, at 2:00 p.m. at Morgan's Funeral Home with the Rev. Leroy
Moore officiating.
Burial followed in
Merrick Cemetery,
Caldwell County,
Ky.
Born December 7th 1918, in
Trigg County, he was a son of the late Fred and Ella
Childress Merrick.
A veteran of World War Two, Mr. Merrick was a worker in a distillery factory. He had lived in Owensboro for about 26 years.
Survivors include one daughter, Ella Ann
Corbett of
Arlington, Va.; three brothers, Huel
Merrick of
Princeton,
Harper Merrick of
Hatfield,
Indiana and Morris
Merrick of
Trigg County; two sisters, Minnie
Swatzell of
Princeton and Edna
Taylor of
Trigg County. Several nieces and nephews also survive.