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Birth: May 14, 1895
Rabbit Hash
Boone County
Kentucky, USA
Death: Feb. 17, 1960
Memphis
Shelby County
Tennessee, USA

B.J. Merrick, 64, Pemiscot county resident for many years, died at St. Joseph Hospital in Memphis last Wednesday, February 17, where he had undergone surgery a few days earlier and few days earlier, the following Friday afternoon at the H.S. Smith Funeral Home chapel. The Rev. Floyd V. Brower officiated and burial was in Little Prairie cemetery.
Mr. Merrick was born in a small community known as Rabbit Hash in Kentucky on May 14, 1895, the son of Elijah and Mary Josephine Merrick, and the family moved to Pemiscot county when he was 15 years old.
He enlisted in the Army on July 25, 1918 during World War I, and served until January 24, 1919, when he received his discharge at Camp Funston, Kas.. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
In Paragould, Arkansas, on August ?, 1917, he was married to Miss Clara Austin and for several years past Mr. and Mrs. Merrick have operated a grocery and filling station at the "Wye" on Highway 61 west of this city.
Survivors other than his wife include two sons, B.J. Merrick Jr. of Wausau, Wis. and Reginald Merrick of Sikeston; a daughter, Mrs. Marvin Martin of Livermore, Calif.; three brothers, Stanley Merrick, Greenfield, Ia., Paul, Caruthersville and Ben Merrick, Arniston, Missouri.
Also three sisters survive; Mrs. Lelia Crecelius, East Prairie, Missouri, Mrs. Carl Austin, St. Louis, and Mrs. Noel Pike, Charleston, Missouri; also four grandchildren.

Democrat Argus - Caruthersville, Missouri - Friday, February 26, 1960

Bernard married Clara Austin. Clara was born on 19 Oct 1901 in Pemiscot County, Missiouri; died in Jan 1984 in Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth: Oct. 19, 1901
Pemiscot County
Missouri, USA
Death: Jan., 1984
Hayti
Pemiscot County
Missouri, USA

Mrs. Clara Austin Merrick, 82, of Caruthersville, died Saturday at Pemiscot County Memorial Hospital. Born Oct. 19, 1901 in Pemiscot County, she was the daughter of John and Betty Story Austin. She attended the Chapel School and later became a member of the Maplewood faculty.
She was the widow of Bernard James Merrick. She and her husband formerly operated Merrick Store at the "Y" West of Caruthersville. She was a member of Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 465 and Eastwood Memorial United Methodist Church.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. June Martin of Livermore, Calif.; Five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by two sons, B.J. and Reginold Merrick.
Services were Monday at 2 p m. at H.S. Smith Funeral Home chapel in Caruthersville, the Rev. Allen Vancil officiating, with burial in Little Prairie Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Lawrence Pounder, Roy Bell, Edgar Boehme, Ben Burns, Tom Hill and Albert Milligan.
Democrat Argus - Caruthersville, Missouri - January 12, 1984

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Parents:
John Morgan Austin (1870 - 1952)
Betty Louana Story Austin (1876 - 1948)

Spouse:
Bernard James Merrick (1895 - 1960)

Children:
Bernard J Merrick (1918 - 1974)*
Reginald Lee Merrick (1920 - 1969)*

Siblings:
Anna Austin (1894 - 1910)*
James Austin (1899 - 1899)*
Clara Austin Merrick (1901 - 1984)
Grace L. Austin Watkins (1903 - 1923)*
Mary Austin (1913 - 1913)*
Alice A. Austin Goodrum (1913 - 1961)*

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• Reference Number: 2864

Elijah married June. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: LCVC-PQ7
• Name: B. F. Myrick
• Name: B. F. Myrick
• Name: Benjamin F. Mirick
• Reference Number: 2857
• Residence: 1850, Boone county, part of, Boone, Kentucky
• Residence: 1860, Union District, Boone, Kentucky, United States
• Residence: 1870, Kentucky, United States
• Residence: 1880, Carlton, Boone, Kentucky, United States
• Residence: 1880, Carlton, Boone, Kentucky, United States

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Boone County, Kentucky

Benjamin married Hulda Passons. Hulda was born in Mar 1848 in Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 2862