JEFF MERRILL

June 17, 1941 - December 2, 2021

PERRY – Jeffrey Lynn Merrill, 80, died peacefully in his sleep during the early morning hours of Thursday, December 2, 2021. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at a later date. Plans will be announced as soon as they are available, so family and friends can make plans to attend. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to “SAVE-A-PET,” saveapetinc.org or P. O. Box 933, Forsyth, GA 31029. Jeff was born in Bowdon, Georgia, on June 17, 1941, to the late Roy Claude Merrill and the late Mary Katherine Fuller Merrill, and grew up in Piedmont, Alabama. He graduated from West Point, The United States Military Academy, and proudly served our country in the U.S. Air Force. In 1964, Jeff married the love of his life, Carol Plumley Haslam, his high school sweetheart. An engineer by trade, he worked as the Vice President and General Manager for Southern Forest industries in Smarr, Georgia, and retired in 2016 after thirty-two years with the company. Jeff was preceded in death by his parents and his loving and devoted wife of fifty-three years, Carol Merrill. Left to cherish the memories they made with Jeff are his caring daughter and son-in-law, Traci and Jim Marshall of Henderson, GA; his beloved granddaughter and her husband, Peyton and Jordan Meyer of Dallas, TX; his brothers, Tim Merrill of Piedmont, AL, and Zack Merrill (Libby) of Greenville, SC; his sisters, Dr. Sandra Merrill of Charlotte, NC, and Suzie Voss (Jim) of Piedmont, AL; and numerous nieces and nephews. Condolences for the family may be left in the online guestbook at www.watsonhunt.com. Watson-Hunt Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements.