Leroy D. Merit

LEROY DEE MERIT 65 OF INDEPENDENCE, MO. PASSED AWAY AUGUST 17, 2003 AT HIS HOME. SERVICE OF REMEMBERANCE WILL BE HELD 12:00 PM THURSDAY AUGUST 21, 2003 AT THE ST. PETERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 3609 SW. 7 HIGHWAY, BLUE SPRINGS, MO. 64014 GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD 10:00 AM THURSDAY AT THE MISSOURI STATE VETERANS CEMETERY IN HIGGINSVILLE, MO. FAMILY SUGGESTS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SALVATION ARMY. LEROY WAS BORN OCTOBER 17, 1937 IN WYANDOTTE, OK. AND LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN THIS AREA, FORMERLY OF MIAMI, OK. HE HAD WORKED AS AN ASSEMBLER FOR GENERAL MOTORS FOR 30 YEARS RETIRING IN 1990. LEROY WAS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION AND A MEMBER OF THE VFW POST 2688 OF MIAMI, OK. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SON RANDY MERIT OF KANSAS CITY, MO. 2 DAUGHTERS ANGELA NEWMASTER OF BLUE SPRINGS, MO. AND TRACY MERIT OF INDEPENDENCE, MO. HIS SISTER MARY ELLEN BURKETT OF SAN ANGELO, TX. AND A BROTHER JOHNNY SMITH OF OK. 5 GRANDCHILDREN