Mary Braziel Merritt, 85, of Fitzgerald, died Friday, July 13 at Dorminy Medical Center in Fitzgerald.
Graveside services will be held 2 P.M., Sunday, July 15, 2007 in the Irwinville Cemetery, with Rev. Sonny Pate officiating. The family will receive friends from Noon until 1:30 on Sunday at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.
Ms. Merritt was born September 18, 1921, in Irwin County, to the late Andrew Lee and Elmina Mann Braziel. She grew up in Irwinville, moving to Macon in 1940 then to Fitzgerald in 2001. Ms. Merritt was an accountant for Butler Supply Company, the office of Dr. William Birdsong and retired from Capital Cycle Company, all in Macon. She was an avid quilter and a member of Mabel White Baptist Church in Macon.
Ms. Merritt is survived by a daughter-in-law and two grandchildren, Brenda Coleman Merritt, Brad Merritt and Amanda Merritt, all of Macon as well as several nieces and nephews. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Ralph C. Merritt.