Marines Memorial: Remembering the life, death and legacy of William Kendrick
NEW CANTON, Ill. -- William "Bill" Merritt Kendrick, 84, of New Canton, died at 3:55 a.m. Tuesday (March 3, 2015) at Blessing Hospital in Quincy. He was born Jan. 8, 1931, a son of Earl and Rachel (Pond) Kendrick and a grandson of E.J. and Isabel McFarland Kendrick. He was born at home two miles west of New Canton, where he grew up. He married Doris Grady on July 13, 1951, in Pocahontas, Ark. She survives in New Canton. Bill attended a one-room school named "Prairie School." He attended...
