Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Monday, June 20, 1966

Mrs. Merredith [sic Meredith]

GRAYSON (Special) -- Funeral services for Mrs. Belle Merredith [sic Meredith], 73, of Grayson, who died Sunday, were to be held at 3 p.m. today at Grayson Baptist Church by Rev. Cecil Mims and Rev. Jim Loftin.

Burial was to be in the Welcome Home Cemetery by Riser and Son Funeral Home of Columbia.

Survivors include her husband, W. E. Merredith [sic Meredith] of Grayson; a son, Earnest Merredith [sic Meredith] of Wisner; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Louise Watson of Grayson; a brother, Quincy D. Prestridge Sr. of Baton Rouge; two sisters, Mrs. Julia Neislor of Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Lucy Marks of Monroe; and two grandchildren.

Pallbearers were to be Ray Hatten, Jim Malcomb, Russell Cummings, Gene Campbell, John Russ Hawkins and C. L. Railey.