Louis Merrick Carrier

Louis Merrick Carrier, 85, of Grandview, MO, passed away Monday, December 22, 2003, at St. Joseph Health Care Center. Services will be 1 p.m. Friday, December 26, at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Longview Funeral Home, 12700 S. Raytown Rd., Kansas City, MO 64149. Burial will be in Longview Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 12noon-1 p.m. Friday at the chapel. Louis was born April 9, 1918 in Palmetto, LA, to Joseph M. and Bertha (Budden) Carrier, whom preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Bessie Ellen Carrier in 1994. Louis was retired from the Veterans Administration. He was a member of Grandview United Methodist Church and a member of the Samaritan Sunday School Class. He was a member of Disabled American Veterans serving in the U.S. Army during World War II as a surgical technician. He was a Mason and a member of Shirley's Breakfast Gang. Survivors include his sons, Louis M. Carrier Jr. and his wife, Martha of Huntington Beach, CA, Larry L. Carrier and his wife, Donna of Grandview, MO, Joe Carrier and his wife, Patty of Conway, AR; daughters, Edith M. Mayer and her husband, Jerry of Littleton, CO and Mary Beth Brooks and her husband, Fred of Littleton, CO; brothers, Matthew Carrier of Huma, LA, Elliott Carrier of Serepta, LA; sisters, Bertielee Warner, Hazel Fowler and Joyce Green, all of Shreveport, LA; ten grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. (Arrangements: D.W. Newcomer's Sons Longview Funeral Home (816) 7616272)