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Ray Merritt

August 21, 1928 — August 14, 2020

Ray Merritt

Funeral services for Ray Merritt, 91, will be held on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2500 Southside Dr., Shreveport, Louisiana. Burial will follow at Centuries Memorial Park Cemetery, 8801 Mansfield Rd., Shreveport. A visitation will be held prior to the funeral at 10:00 a.m. until service. Officiating the service will be Brother Bob Moore. Ray was born on August 21, 1928 to Sidney Merritt and Rena Lundy Moore in Grove, Louisiana and passed away on Friday, August 14, 2020 in Shreveport, Louisiana. Ray was a kind hearted and very giving man. He loved helping people in any way he could. He was a family man and worked very hard to provide for them. When he wasn't working, he enjoyed spending time outdoors and fishing. Ray was a member in good standing with the lodge of the Masonic, the Scottish Rite and the Shrine, and volunteered with the special needs children of Shriner's Hospital in Shreveport. Ray is preceded in death by his parents and sister, Evelyn Merritt Bell. He is survived by his sons, Jeffrey Merritt and wife Karen, Vick Merritt and wife Denise; daughter, Jan Merritt; mother of his children, Marvalene Merritt and grandchildren, Sara, Ricky and Tucker Merritt. Honoring Ray as pallbearers will be Jeff Merritt, Vick Merritt, David Letsinger and Jim Jacks. The family would like to express special thanks to Dr. Rajan Khanna, Willis Knighton, Christus Schumpert and the nursing staff at Intensive Specialty Hospital. The family would also like to thank all of his sitters that helped take care of him during this time.
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