MERRITT, Buelah Frances^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1924 - 1993  (69 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	MERRITT, Buelah Frances  [2, 3, 4]
  Birth	19 Feb 1924  [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	6 September 1993  [3]
  Burial	Roanoke, Roanoke City, Virginia, United States of America   [3]
  Notes	CROMER, Beulah Frances Merritt, 69, of Salem, died Monday, September 6, 1993. She is survived by her husband, Conrad L. Cromer; sons and daughter-in-law, Robert W. and Wendy Smith, Roanoke, Jesse T. ("Sonny)" Smith, New Castle, Roger W. Smith, Mt. Airy, N.C.; stepsons and wife, Richard and Barbara Cromer, Salem, Lesley Cromer, Baltimore, Md.; stepdaughter, Phyllis Laster, Salem; sister, Irene Merritt Drummond, Eagle Rock; mother-in-law, Evelyn C. Cromer, Salem; 15 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; 5 stepgrandchildren; also a number of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Jesse Smith; two daughters, Norma Jean All, Barbara Ann Fisher. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, September 9, at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, with the Rev. Billy E. White Jr. officiating. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the John M. Oakey & Son Funeral Home, Salem. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.
  Person ID	I422329312160	Ancestry dot com tree
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	MERRITT, John Jacob,   b. 2 March 1882, Alleghany County, Virginia, United States of America d. 29 September 1957, Clifton Forge, Alleghany County, Virginia, United States of America (Age 75 years)
  Mother	PAXTON, Mary Ellen,   b. 28 May 1889, Alleghany, Virginia d. Jan 1968 (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F9831	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	SMITH, Jesse Monroe,   b. 11 Jul 1922   d. 11 Jul 1978, New Castle, Craig, Virginia, USA (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	30 May 1940	Jordan Mines, Virginia, USA   [2, 5]
  Children	1. SMITH, Jesse Thomas,   b. 26 Jun 1942, Craig, Virginia d. 14 Nov 2003 (Age 61 years)   2. SMITH, R.W.   3. SMITH, R.E.
  Family ID	F10450	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family 2	CROMER, Conrad Lee,   b. 18 May 1929   d. 4 August 2003, Salem City, Virginia, United States of America (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	8 Oct 1982	Bedford, Virginia, USA   [2, 6]
  Family ID	F10427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2025

  
  

• Sources

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