Husband William Earl Merryman Sr [3306] 1
Born: 29 Oct 1904 - Carroll, Maryland, United States 1
Christened:
Died: 26 Nov 1989 - Pikesville, MD 1
Buried: - New Oakland Cemetery, Carroll Co, MD
Marriage: 1924 - Carroll, Maryland, United States
Marr. Status: Divorced
Wife Rhonda Rosella Becraft [3051]
Born: 29 Jun 1908 - Oakland Mills, Baltimore, Maryland, United States 1
Christened:
Died: 27 Jun 1967 - Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States 1
Cause of Death: cancer
Buried: - New Oakland Cemetery, Carroll Co, MD
FamilySearch ID: LFZD-5N2
Father: William Rufus Becraft [3048] (1879-1967)
Mother: Emma May Tillman [3049] (1889-1983)
Other Spouse: Charles F Grover [3052] (1913-1977)
Events
• She appeared on the Federal census in 1920 in Carroll, Maryland, United States. William R. Becraft age 41, born in Maryland; wife Emma M, age 30y; dau Rhoda R, age 11y; Hazel V, age 2y5m.
Children
General Notes: Husband - William Earl Merryman Sr
http://gary.bossler.com/Merryman-Bill%20Merryman-GA.htm
William Earl Merryman,Sr. was born at home in Carroll Co.,Md. He married Rhoda Rosella Becraft and had 7 children by this marriage.
Willie, as he was called, left Rhoda while most of the children were still very young. He just decided to take off and no one knew where he went. Rhoda ran an ad in the paper. Hoping he would see it and come back home. But it was to no avail.
He later married a woman by the name of Ethel Rider. They had one child by this marriage. A son by the name of James Merryman. (Have not been able to make contact with him).
Later in his years he contacted his children by his first marriage and was not received with open arms. The years without contact had built up a lot of resentment for their father. His daughter Olivia took her father in and took care of him for he was very sick and needed help. She cared for him until he had to be put into a nursing home in Pikesville,Md. There he stayed until he died from resporitory arrest.
He was laid to rest at the cemetery at the New Oakland Church, in Carroll Co.,Md. His first wife Rhoda is also buried there but not with him.
He was also a Navy Seaman in the U.S. Navy.
The above information was given to me by phone by his son Ronald B. Merryman.
General Notes: Wife - Rhonda Rosella Becraft
http://gary.bossler.com/Merryman-Bill%20Merryman-GA.htm
Rhoda was born at home in Oakland Mills,Carroll Co.,Md. * Rhoda had been married 3 times. * She had a son by Floyd Calvin Burkett while still married to her first husband, William Merryman. His name was Jack Merryman. He was given the Merryman name because she was still married to a Merryman at the time of his birth. She had planned on changing his name later but never did. Her children by her first marriage do not accept him as a Merryman but do acknowlege him as a step-brother. She later married Floyd. * Her cause of death was cancer. * She died at Lutheran Hospital.Baltimore,Md. * Rhoda is buried at New Oakland Church Cemetery with a headstone that has her third husband's name (Charles F. Grover,Jr.) on it but he is not buried there with her. He is buried with his wife that he married after Rhoda had died. He is buried at Lake View Memorial Park.