Obituary of Samuel Griffith Merrill, 1928, Crawford County, AR

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Submitted by:  Stanley C Thornton <scthornt@ingr.com>
Date: 19 Aug 2001

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Southwest American Newspaper, Dec 22 1928, News of Van Buren Column

Funeral Service for S. G. Merrill to be Saturday

Former Van Buren Business Man Dies at His Home Thursday Night

   Funeral Services for Samuel Griffith Merrill, 68 years old, life 
long resident of Van Buren, will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 
o'clock at the family residence, 321 North Eleventh street. Dr. W. B. 
Miller, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will conduct the 
service. Members of the Cedar camp, Woodmen of the World, of which 
Mr. Merrill was a member, will attend the funeral.

   Mr. Merrill was a member of the First Presbyterian chuch. He was 
for a number of years owner and operator of a meat market.

   Mr. Merrill's health had been failing for the last year. It was 
only within the last five weeks, however, that his condition became 
critical. His death was due indirectly to a fracture of the bone of 
the leg, received more than a month ago while Mr. Merrill was 
attending a football game. One of the players accidentally 
ran against him. In the fall the leg was broken.

   Mr. Merrill was born in Van Buren, July 17, 1860. He was the son of 
a pioneer family of Crawford county. He was married 48 years ago to 
Miss Amanda Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvis Smith, and a 
descendant of another old family of Crawford county. She survives him.

   Other surviving relatives are three sons and three daughters. They 
are Charles Merrill, Leo Merrill,  of  Fort Smith, and Westley Merrill 
of Houston, Texas. Mrs George Sengel Jr., Fort Smith, Mrs Fred 
Swicegood, Crane, Texas, Mrs. Virgil Coleman, Van Buren. Another 
daughter, Mrs Will McKown, died four years ago.

   He also leaves nine grandchildren, one great-grandchild, a number 
of nieces and nephews, three brothers and two sisters. The brothers 
and sisters are Len S. Merrill of Van Buren, Harry Merrill, Little 
Rock, Arthur Merrill Okmulgee, OK, Mrs. Hill McKinney, Okmulgee, OK, 
and Mrs J. W. Watkins, Van Buren.

   Mr. Merrill's grandson, Merrill Sengel and Mrs. Snegel of Houston,
 Texas have come to attend the funeral, and Mrs. Swicegood is en route 
here.