Pauline Garren Merrill

FAIRVIEW - BESSIE PAULINE GARREN MERRILL, 87, OF 1364 UPPER BRUSH CREEK ROAD DIED SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2000 AT THE MOUNTAIN AREA HOSPICE SOLACE CENTER FOLLOWING AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE FRED J. AND JEANIE ELLA DALTON GARREN AND THE WIFE OF 64 YEARS TO GEORGE ROSS MERRILL WHO DIED MAY 6, 1999. MRS. MERRILL WAS A MEMBER OF PLEASANT GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH AND WAS FORMERLY EMPLOYED AT C.P. CLARE COMPANY. SURVIVING ARE HER DAUGHTER, MAXINE HINES AND HUSBAND, FRED; SONS, GENE MERRILL AND WIFE, PAT AND LARRY MERRILL AND WIFE, JANICE ALL OF FAIRVIEW; SISTERS, FRANCES WREN AND HUSBAND, JOHN, WILMA HUNTLEY AND HUSBAND, NORMAN AND LORETTA WRIGHT AND HUSBAND, ROLAND ALL OF FAIRVIEW AND INEZ KERLEY OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND; NINE GRANDCHILDREN, 10 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD 2:30 P.M. TUESDAY AT PLEASANT GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH WITH THE REVS BOB PONDER AND CHARLES ROGERS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN THE CHURCH CEMETERY. PALLBEARERS WILL BE JEFF AND EVAN MERRILL, CHUCK SPRINKLE, CHAD WARREN, JAY HUNTLEY AND WILLIAM RICE. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS 7 TO 8:30 P.M. MONDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME AND AT OTHER TIMES AT THE RESIDENCE.