Veeda Odessa Merritt

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Veeda Odessa Merritt, 61, of Blytheville, passed from this life Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, at her home.

Born in Blytheville to Robert Lee and Juanita Byford Cunningham, she was a nurse and attended Ruddle Road Church of God.

She enjoyed crafting and making porcelain dolls.

Veeda was preceded in death by her parents.

She is survived by her sons, Terrence Merritt and wife, Angela, and Brandon Merritt and wife, April, all of Blytheville;

Two grandsons, Breyden Levi Merritt and Terrence Gideon Merritt; and

Two brothers, Robert Cunningham of Ash Flat and Edward Cunningham of Blytheville.

Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Ruddle Road Church of God with the Rev. Danny Pankey officiating. Condolences to the family may be expressed at cobbfuneralhome.com