Elmer Ellsworth Merryman
1921 - 1996 (74 years)
Generation: 1
1. Elmer Ellsworth Merryman was born on 21 Aug 1921 in Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky; died on 7 Apr 1996; was buried in Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. Other Events:
- _MILT: World War II. US Army. Technical Sergeant.
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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.
Name:
son of Edward Merryman and Eliza Bumgardner
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/989142/elmer-e-merryman
B, 0, 4231Family/Spouse: Blanche Million. Blanche (daughter of Ernest Morton Million and Ethel Gardner) was born on 13 Jul 1927 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; died on 19 May 2019 in Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky; was buried in Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]