Merle LawhonPugh

Merle Lawhon Pugh, 93, of Sulphur Springs, passed away Saturday afternoon, May 16, 2009 at Carriage House Manor in Sulphur Springs, Texas.  She was born February 2, 1916 in Sulphur, Arkansas to Luther Lawhon and Bertie Kenney Lawhon.  She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.  During her seventy year residence in Greenville she was employed by Haggar Slacks, Sears and First Greenville National Bank, before her retirement in 1981.  She was a proud member of Westview United Methodist Church for over 65 years.

She attended Westminster College in Tehuacana, Texas prior to her marriage to Weldon Pugh on May 12, 1940 in Alvarado, Texas in a ceremony performed by her father, an ordained Methodist minister.

She was preceded in death by her husband in September, 1979, parents, brothers Ray and Wallace Lawhon and a sister Roberta Jones.

She is survived by son, Larry Pugh and wife, Anita of Sulphur Springs; a sister, Marie Phillips of Fort Worth; granddaughter Leslie and husband Lewis “Lew” Palumbo of  Avondale Estates, Georgia; granddaughter Lisa and husband George “Chip” Miller of Bend, Oregon; great-granddaughters Molly Palumbo and Phoebe Miller; great-grandsons Charles Palumbo and George Miller.

Funeral services will be 10:00 AM, Tuesday, May 19, 2009, in Coker-Mathews Chapel with Rev. Brian Bosworth officiating.  Interment will be in Memoryland Memorial Park.

Visitation will be 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM, Monday, May 18, 2009, at the funeral home.

The family requests memorials be made to the charity of the givers choice.