Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Name“Mae” Estelle Mae McCANLESS 
470, Estelle Mae McCanless Merritt
470, Estelle Mae McCanless MerrittBirthMar 22, 1914, Guilford County, North Carolina470, Estelle Mae McCanless Merritt
DeathApr 18, 2002, Winston Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina470, Estelle Mae McCanless Merritt
BurialBethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, 7553 NC Highway 66 South, King, Stokes County, North Carolina470, Estelle Mae McCanless Merritt
FatherJames Lindsay McCANLESS (1890-1965)
MotherMamie Lee ISLEY (1892-1937)
Spouses
BirthJul 10, 1907, Stokes County, North Carolina470, Roscoe Blaine Merritt
DeathFeb 26, 1981, Forsyth County, North Carolina470, Roscoe Blaine Merritt
BurialBethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, 7553 NC Highway 66 South, King, Stokes County, North Carolina470, Roscoe Blaine Merritt
MarriageNov 11, 1933, Stewart, Henrico County, Virginia470, Estelle Mae McCanless Merritt,404, Estelle Mae McCanless-Female-22 March 1914 – 18 April 2002-•-KJWW-9XF
Obituary Online notes for “Mae” Estelle Mae McCANLESS
RURAL HALL, NC ~ Mrs. Estelle "Mae" McCanless Merritt, 88, died Thursday, April 18, 2002, at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home.
She was born March 22, 1914 in Guilford County to the late James L. and Mamie Isley McCanless.
Mrs. Merritt had been a member of Bethel United Methodist Church in King for the past 66 years and was a charter member of the United Methodist Women at Bethel UMC.
Mrs. Merritt is survived by three daughters: Dolores Tesh and husband Carlton and Sandy Pollard and husband Bill, all of Germanton, and Wanda Bigelow and husband Bill of Kernersville; a son, Richard B. Merritt and wife Juanita of Charlotte; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a number of half brothers and half sisters; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Roscoe Blaine Merritt, in 1981; a granddaughter, Robin Denise Tesh; a grandson, Wayne Pollard; a brother, Charles L. McCanless; and several half brothers and half sisters.
Funeral services will be 4 p.m. Sunday, April 21, 2002, at Bethel United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Rickey Spencer officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 this evening at Hayworth-Miller Funeral Home in Rural Hall.
The family requests that memorials be made to Bethel United Methodist Church (United Methodist Women), P.O. Box 1314, Rural Hall, NC 27045; or Hospice & Palliative Care, 1100-C S. Stratford Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27103.
(Winston-Salem Journal (NC) ~ April 20, 2002) 470, Estelle Mae McCanless Merritt
She was born March 22, 1914 in Guilford County to the late James L. and Mamie Isley McCanless.
Mrs. Merritt had been a member of Bethel United Methodist Church in King for the past 66 years and was a charter member of the United Methodist Women at Bethel UMC.
Mrs. Merritt is survived by three daughters: Dolores Tesh and husband Carlton and Sandy Pollard and husband Bill, all of Germanton, and Wanda Bigelow and husband Bill of Kernersville; a son, Richard B. Merritt and wife Juanita of Charlotte; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a number of half brothers and half sisters; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Roscoe Blaine Merritt, in 1981; a granddaughter, Robin Denise Tesh; a grandson, Wayne Pollard; a brother, Charles L. McCanless; and several half brothers and half sisters.
Funeral services will be 4 p.m. Sunday, April 21, 2002, at Bethel United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Rickey Spencer officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 this evening at Hayworth-Miller Funeral Home in Rural Hall.
The family requests that memorials be made to Bethel United Methodist Church (United Methodist Women), P.O. Box 1314, Rural Hall, NC 27045; or Hospice & Palliative Care, 1100-C S. Stratford Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27103.
(Winston-Salem Journal (NC) ~ April 20, 2002) 470, Estelle Mae McCanless Merritt