Edith Merrill

Edith Shelton Merrill, 79, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, of Greenville, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, December 11, 2007.

Born in Newport, Tenn., she was a daughter of the late Robert and Ella Burgess Shelton.

Mrs. Merrill retired from J.P. Stevens Monaghan Plant. She was a member of City View First Baptist Church and the Deborah Sunday School Class.

Mrs. Merrill loved being a homemaker. She enjoyed cooking, being with friends and family and hosting family get togethers and meeting and talking with others.

Surviving are her husband, Gilbert G. Merrill of the home; a daughter, Diane M. Thomas of Greenville; three sons, Michael G. Merrill, Gary Merrill, and Mark Merrill, all of Easley; eight grandchildren, Matthew Thomas and wife Melissa, Jason Thomas, Michael Thomas, Gary Merrill, II, Joy Gessert, Katelyn Lesley, Ashley Johnson, and Jennifer Powell and husband Joel; and three great-grandchildren, Julia Merrill, Isabella and Cross Powell; a sister, Evelyn Hopkins of Greenville; and a brother, Arthur Shelton of Newport, Tenn.

She is preceded in death by eight brothers and sisters.

Visitation will be Wednesday, December 12, 2007, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Northwest.

The funeral service will be Thursday, December 13, 2007, at 1:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be at Woodlawn Memorial Park.

Memorials may be made to Meals on Wheels, 15 Oregon Street, Greenville, SC 29605.

The family is at the residence.