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- Merryman
Elmer E. Merryman, 74, of Lexington, died Sunday after a long illness. Born in Versailles on Aug. 21, 1921, he was a son of the late Edward and Eliza Bumgardner Merryman and a veteran of the U.S. Army service in WWII. He was wounded and captured by the German Army in the Battle of the Bulge and remained a POW until the end of the war. He was a member of the Assembly of God, Mortonsville, and employed by the General Electric Kentucky Glass Plant where he retired after 30 years service. He is survived by his wife of almost 50 years, Blanch Million Merryman; one daughter, Peggy Lee McCord, Lexington; three sons, Edward Hughes Merryman, Hopkinsville, Glenn Ray Merryman, Marietta, GA, and Elmer Daryl Merryman, Quinton, VA; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services 10 a.m. Wednesday at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home by Brother Gilbert Sargent with burial in Camp Nelson National Cemetery. Visitation 7-9 p.m. today. Memorial are suggested to the Lexington Veterans Administration Hospital, 2250 Leestown Rd., Lex., KY 40511.
Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky. Tuesday, 9 April 1994.
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