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Submitted: 6/16/21 • Approved: 6/18/21 • Last Updated: 6/21/21 • R428122-G428120-S3
Earlene
Dec 23, 1944 - Oct 20, 2010
Spouses
Gary Jon Elliott
1945–1975 (m. 1963)
Alton Max Merritt
1936–2009 (m. 1978)
Alton Max
May 6, 1936 - Feb 4, 2009
Spouses
Pansy Darlene Blevins Merritt
1934–2017 (m. 1964)
Emma Earlene Rowan Merritt
1944–2010 (m. 1978)
*Obituary
Alton M. Merritt, 72, of Brownfield passed away Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at his home in Brownfield. Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 7, 2009 at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Ruby Moultrie officiating and Rev. Don McWhorter assisting. Interment will follow in the Terry County Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Brownfield Funeral Home.
Alton was born on May 6, 1936 and raised by Claude Lee and Carrie Mae Merritt. He moved with his family to Brownfield in 1940 and graduated from Brownfield High School in 1954. He married on Earlene Rowan Elliott on March 2, 1978 in Brownfield. Together they were members of The Terry Twirlers Square Dance Club and the Lubbock Area Square Dance Association as well as serving on the Meals on Wheels board where they delivered many meals. Alton was a member of First United Methodist Church where he participated in the choir, hand bell choir, Methodist Men, and Backyard missions. He is preceded in death by his twin sister Alta Lenning on July 18, 2008.
Alton is survived by his wife Earlene Merritt of Brownfield; his son, Doug Elliott and his wife Kelley of Keller; 2 daughters, Renea Nave and Chuck of Brownfield and Donna Hodges and her husband Ronnie of Brownfield; 5 grandchildren, Nick Hodges, Chris Flippin, Amber Proctor and her husband Rex, Logan Nave, and Lexie Nave; 1 great grandson, E.J. Hodges and his uncle Jack Hodges.
*Obituary
Services for Emma Earlene Merritt, 65, of Brownfield will be at 10am, Saturday, October 23, 2010 at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Ruby Moultrie officiating. Burial will be in Terry County Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Brownfield Funeral Home.
Earlene passed away Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at her daughters home in Brownfield. She was born December 23, 1944 in Crane, Texas to Earl and Clercy Smith Rowan. She graduated from Levelland High School in 1963. She married Gary Elliott in Febuary 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, handbell choir, Methodist Women and Backyard Missions.
Earlene is survived by her daughters, Donna Hodges and husband Ronnie of Brownfield and Renea Nave and husband Chuck of Brownfield; 5 grandchildren, Nick Hodges, Chris Flippin and wife Heather, Amber Proctor and husband Rex, Logan and Lexie Nave; 2 great grandchildren, E.J. Hodges and Rhowen Flippin.
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