Shirley Hendricks Merritt, 77, of Jacksonville, Florida passed safely into the arms of her Lord on March 14, 2020.
She was a native of Norfolk, Virginia and longtime resident of Virginia Beach before moving to Florida in the late 1980’s. A 1960 graduate of Princess Anne High School Shirley was preceded in death by her parents, Eddie and Macie Hendricks and her son, James B. (Jamie) Merritt, Jr.
Left to cherish her memory are her loving husband of fifty-eight years, James B. (Sonny) Merritt, and her daughter, Marika Merritt, also of Jacksonville, a sister, Carolyn (Jerry) Wood of Virginia Beach and a brother, Larry (Gayle) Hendricks of Chesapeake; five grandchildren and two great grandchildren, the second of which, Sawyer J. Lynch was just born on February 6, 2020 and Shirley was able to see and hold him that week.
Services were private.
Donations may be sent to St. Jude Children’s Hospital.