Updated: December 25, 2017

JOHN M. "BUDDY" MERRITT, 91 OF PULASKI, DIED SUNDAY. HE WAS A WORLD WAR II ARMY VETERAN, RETIRE DFROM NABISCO, FOUNDER OF THE MERRITT POPCORN COMPANY, A FARMER, AND A MEMBER OF WEST MADISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE: MABLE BOYD MERRITT; TWO SONS: THOMAS A. MERRITT AND JOHN M. MERRITT, BOTH OF PULASKI; ONE DAUGHTER: JUDY C. MERRITT OF LYNCHBURG; NINE GRANDCHILDREN AND EIGHT GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.

THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR JOHN M. "BUDDY" MERRITT WILL BE WEDNESDAY (TODAY) AT 1 AT BENNETT-MAY-GILES COUNTY FUNERAL HOME WITH BURIAL IN ANTHONY CEMETERY WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS. VISITATION WITH THE FAMILY WILL BE TUESDAY (TODAY) FROM 4 TO 7.

MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO SACRED SELECTIONS ADOPTING.