Percy Merritt

MR. PERCY DURANT MERRITT, 88, OF DALTON AND FORMERLY OF LEXINGTON, N.C., PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY, FEBRUARY 28, 2006.
P. D., AS HE WAS KNOWN TO ALL, WAS BORN IN SAMPSON COUNTY, N.C. ON JUNE 14, 1917 TO THE LATE, PLATO AND DELLA MERRITT. HE WAS A GRADUATE OF N.C. STATE UNIVERSITY AND WAS A VETERAN OF THE
U.S. ARMY, SERVING IN W.W. II. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT THE RANK OF CAPTAIN AFTER THE WAR, WHERE HE SERVED ON THE EUROPEAN FRONT.
P. D. AND HIS LOVING WIFE FRANCES RAISED THEIR FAMILY IN LEXINGTON, N.C., WHERE HE SERVED AS V.P. OF MANUFACTURING FOR DACOTAH COTTON MILLS FOR OVER 30 YEARS. HE WAS A PAST PRESIDENT AND HONORARY LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE KIWANIS CLUB; WAS FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE LEXINGTON YMCA AND WAS A MEMBER OF FIRST METHODIST CHURCH FOR THE PAST 52 YEARS. AFTER RETIREMENT, P. D. BECAME AN ACCOMPLISHED FURNITURE CRAFTSMAN AND FARMER. HIS FURNITURE CREATIONS CAN BE FOUND IN MANY FRIENDS AND FAMILY HOMES AND HIS PRODUCE WAS LOVINGLY GIVEN AWAY EVERY HARVEST TO FRIENDS AND THOSE WHO NEEDED IT. HIS GREATEST JOY WAS DOING SOMETHING FOR OTHERS.
P. D. WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FRANCES TURNER MERRITT, HIS BELOVED WIFE OF 47 YEARS AND BY FIVE BROTHERS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SONS AND DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW; RANDY AND SHARON MERRITT OF DALTON, JOE AND JENNIFER MERRITT OF YORBA LINDA, CA.
GRANDCHILDREN; TURNER MERRITT OF CHARLESTON, S.C., JOHN MERRITT AND CAMBEY MERRITT BOTH OF CHAPEL HILL, N.C., ELIZABETH MERRITT, ELLE MERRITT AND MATTHEW MERRITT ALL OF YORBA LINDA, CA.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE WEDNESDAY AT 2 P.M. AT THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN DALTON AND THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS IN THE NARTHEX OF THE CHURCH FROM 1 P.M. TO 2 P.M.
ON FRIDAY, MARCH 3, A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE AT THE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH IN LEXINGTON, N.C. AT 11 A.M. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS AT THE CHURCH FROM 10 A.M. TO 11 A.M.
HE WILL BE BURIED NEXT TO HIS WIFE IN LEXINGTON, N.C.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY REQUEST MEMORIALS BE MADE TO TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH, 1600 WELLONS AVE., DUNN, N.C. 28334.
THIS WAS THE CHURCH WHERE P. D. WAS RAISED AS A CHILD.
WORDS OF COMFORT MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY AT www.lovefuneralhomega.com.
LOVE FUNERAL HOME, 1402 N. THORNTON AVE., DALTON IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.