Charles Sidney James (Jimmy) Merritt |
| Posted 2018-04-16 by Judy Wight Branson |
| Prescott Evening Courier, Prescott, Arizona Thursday, October 9, 1969, page 2, column 4 & 5 Charles S. Merritt Charles S. (Jimmy) Merritt passed away Tuesday, Oct. 7, at the Whipple Veterans Administration Hospital. He was born Jan. 14, 1893, at Ft. Woolsey, Arizona Territory, ruins of which are located near the present town of Humboldt. He was an army veteran, having served in France during WW I. A lifetime resident of Arizona, he worked as a cowboy and was employed for a number of years in the Prescott Water Dept. H also had a number of mining interest in this vicinity. In 1911, he joined the Volunteer Fire Dept., and was an active member until it dissolved; served as foreman of Though Hose Co. No. 1 of Prescott Volunteer Fireman's Association; and a life member of the State Fireman's Association. A 49-year member of Prescott Elks Lodge 330, he was also a member of the Chinese Masonic Lodge of San Francisco, Calif. He was known locally as an ardent sportsman and was one of the best- known wing shots in the area. Services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Ruffner Funeral Home by Dr. Charles Franklin Parker. Interment will follow in the Veteran's Cemetery. See Also: Arizona Gravestone Photo Project |
Note: These obituaries are transcribed as published and are submitted by volunteers who have no connection to the families. They do not write the obituaries and have no further information other than what is posted within the obituaries. We do not do personal research. For this you would have to find a volunteer who does this or hire a professional researcher.
Questions About This Project?