Hazel Norris Merritt Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Hazel Norris Merritt of White, Georgia, born in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, who passed away on December 24, 2020, at the age of 88, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family. You may also light a candle in honor of Hazel Norris Merritt or send a beautiful flower arrangement to the funeral service.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Willie Sloan Norris and Helen Sarah Merritt; her husband Elwood Raymond Merritt; her siblings, Howard Ashley Norris and Shirley King; her grandson James Mitchell Tanner II; and her son-in-law Bobby Gene Darnell.
She is survived by: her children, Linda Merritt Tanner Darnell of White, GA, Beverly Merritt Sickinger of Cartersville, GA and Elwood Robert Merritt (Marguarette) of Ranger, GA; her grandchildren, Scott Wood of Ludowici, GA, Keith Wood of Douglasville, GA, Ray Robert Sickinger of Dallas, TX, Tammy Lynn Sickinger of Las Vegas, NV and Sarah Marie Pettiford of Rome, GA; her great grandchildren, Robin James Tanner (Ellen) of Adairsville, GA, Joshua M. L. Kagawa Sickinger of Lake Tahoe, Ashley Marie Wood of Fort Mitchell, AL, Kayla Alexis Pettiford Sickinger of Rome, GA, Nina Jessica Sickinger of California, D. J, Pettiford Duran of Rougemont, NC and Preston Michael Wood of Douglasville, GA; and her great great grandchildren, Benjamin and Nicholas Sickinger of Lake Tahoe. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews.
