Funeral services for Mr. Eddie Wayne Merritt, age 55 of Cantonment will be held at 11:30AM Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at Bayview Fisher-Pou Chapel in Pensacola. Burial with US Coast Guard Honors will follow in Barrancas National Cemetery aboard NAS Pensacola. Visitation for Mr. Merritt will be held from 5:00PM until 7:00PM at Bayview Fisher-Pou Chapel Monday, March 19.
Mr. Merritt was a proud Native American and had a favorite quote which was: “Indian life is a give-away: all we have to do is keep our word. He is survived by his children: Robin Opici Pillmann-Merritt of Minneapolis, MN, Raven Pillmann of Chicago, IL., Glenna Peters of Decatur, GA, Augustus Kingfisher Mundy of Pawhuska, OK and Rasaria Busch of St. Paul, MN; his siblings: Tonya Wright and husband Joseph of Austin, KY, John Merritt and wife Dava of Pensacola Yolanda Merritt Smithee of Canton, GA, Charlie Merritt of Pensacola and Valerie Merritt of Pensacola; his aunts Vera Merritt Danly of Pensacola, RosaLee Chaison of Pasadena, TX, Kathleen walls of Atmore, AL and Janice Andrews of Monroeville, AL as well as many cousins, and Native American brothers, sisters and family. Mr. Merritt was preceded in death by his parents: Charles Edwin Merritt and Sadie Pearl Presley Holder as well as a sister and several aunts and uncles.
