Benny W. Merritt, 64, of Ocilla died Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at Sylvester Healthcare in Sylvester, Georgia.
Funeral services will be held 2 P.M., Saturday, November 6, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Ocilla. Interment will follow in Brushy Creek Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 12 until 2 on Saturday at the funeral home.
Mr. Merritt was born June 3, 1946 in Irwin County to the late Dan L. Merritt, Sr. and the late Alice Mathis Merritt. He was a self-employed feed broker. Mr. Merritt attended Pine Bluff Baptist Church in Albany. He was a former member of the Ocilla Country Club and the Moose Lodge.
Mr. Merritt is survived by his children: Brad Richardson of Tifton, Sherry Alice Merritt of Fernandina Beach, FL and Bryant Merritt of Fitzgerald; brother and sister-in-law: Dan L. & Magdalene Merritt of Belk, AL; 1 grandson: Cole Merritt; caregiver: Cindy Crowder of Albany and several nieces and nephews. Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Lamar D. Merritt, Sr., sisters: Yvonne M. Grimsley, Marline M. Morris and Charlene M. Ross.