Lorene Rogers

Victoria Advocate

Victoria, TX

22 Mar 2001

BEEVILLE - Lorene Merritt, 78, of Beeville, died Wednesday, March 21, 2001.

She was born Nov. 26, 1922, in Japton, Ark., to the late Fred and Sissie Sue Ross Rogers. She was a homemaker and a Baptist.

Survivors: daughter, Lynda Cooley of Beeville; sons, Len Merritt of Beeville and Allen Merritt of Livingston; sisters, Ola Simms of Fayetteville, Ark., and Alta McCarver of California; brother, Kenneth Rogers of Fayetteville, Ark.; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by: husband, Dillen Merrit; parents; grandson, Eddy Johnson.

Visitation will be 5 to 9 p.m. tonight at Galloway and Sons Funeral Home chapel.

Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Glenwood Cemetery in Beeville, the Rev. Joe Vernon officiating. Galloway and Sons Funeral Home, Beeville, 361-358-2512.

Corpus Christi Caller-Times

Corpus Christi, TX

22 Mar 2001

BEEVILLE - Lorene Merritt, a homemaker and a Baptist, died March 21, 2001. She was 78.

Survivors include two sons, Len Merritt of Beeville and Allen Merritt of Livingston; a daughter, Lynda Cooley of Beeville; two sisters, Ola Simms of Fayetteville, Ark., and Alta McCarver of California; a brother, Kenneth Rogers of Fayetteville, Ark.; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. March 23 in Glenwood Cemetery.

Galloway & Sons Inc. Funeral Directors