spouses: (1) Lillie Virginia Russell; (2) Sandra Lee Moss; (3) Lottie

Walter Scott Merritt, 65, of Mineral Wells
Services for Walter Scott Merritt, 65, of Mineral Wells are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday in the Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Chapel with Ray Crook and Brad Fry officiating. Burial will follow in Sturdivant Cemetery under the direction of Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home.

Mr. Merritt died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 1994 in Mineral Wells.

The son of Bennett Davis and Mary Bell Easley Merritt was born in Callahan County on June 27, 1929. A welder, he had lived in California many years before moving to Mineral Wells in 1987. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran and a member of the Church of Christ.

He is survived by three sons, Bennett Merritt of New Mexico, Charles Merritt of California and Paul Merritt of New Mexico; seven daughters, Wanda Bell of Locust, N.C., Juanita Merritt of Oceanside, Calif., Velva Lee of Palmer, Alaska, Ginger Merritt of California, Sharlott Wrightsel of W. Va., Cheryl Merritt of Victorville, Calif. and Norma Jean Merritt of Anchorage, Alaska; five brothers, John, Owen, Edward and Raymond Merritt of Mineral Wells and Tyrone Merritt of Beeville; four sisters, Nora Turner, Mabel Ford, Emma Warren, and Reba Reedy of Mineral Wells; 13 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Friends of the North Oak Church of Christ and Southside Church of Christ will serve as pallbearers. - obituary

1. 1940 census - Palo Pinto Co., TX: Mineral Wells, 1013 S.W. 4th Ave., E.D. 182-12, p. 11B, 251O [home - $900] [age 7; b. TX] [2nd grade education] [15 Apr 1940].
2. 1940 census - Palo Pinto Co., TX: Mineral Wells, 400 S.E. 19th St., E.D. 182-13, p. 22A [176A], 601O [home - $200] [age 7; b. TX] [1st grade education] [DOUBLE ENUMERATION 29 Apr 1940].
3. Obituary, "Mineral Wells Index," 11 Nov 1994.
4. "Descendants of James Wesley Merritt," 1969.
5. "History of Palo Pinto County, TX," 1986.


Info from Norma Jean Merritt (daughter)
my father was a native born and raised in Texas. My father I thought was 62 at time of death. He was a musician, wrote music galore, wrote for musicians that found fame, as well as sang, played guitar, and the harmonica all at the same time. He had a love for "Music, that was undeniable, and has taught his children the same love. I do not believe he was married to Lottie, I have not found the proof. I saw Lilly and his marriage certificate. Additionally, I have not verified the certificate my mother provided of their marriage as that is pending. However, when I was 16 my dad and a lady named Ann were together, and she said her and my dad were married, her drivers license was Ann Merritt. I know she had a daughter named Sarah and a son-in-law named Jerry. My father was a fabrication welder. He designed garbage dumpsters and huge semi trailers from the ground up. He was a very talented artist with his welding. He also allowed Loma Linda University Hospital in Loma Linda, California to place one of the first pig valves in the human being, he was a volunteer. The Doctor predicted it would grant my father an additional 14 years of life when he elected to allow the valve replacement. My father died almost 14 years to the month of the surgery prediction, He was a Champion and someone who loved animals especially cats. He was a business man with a large area at the Novaks Scrap Metal yard in Fontana,California. he dropped out of school in eighth grade. I appreciate you update it will reflect a loving generous man that he was, and remembered the same, thanks again.