CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR

Mrs. Sedora Merritte Gregory

VIEWING: Friday, June 14, 2019 Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

SERVICE: Saturday, June 15, 2019 Time: 11:00 AM New RZUA Headquarters & Conference Center 2504 Rocky Branch Road Lacrosse, VA 23950 Rev. Roy Crews, Officiating

INTERMENT: Crestview Memorial Park 18599 Highway One, North LaCrosse, VA 23950

MRS. SEDORA MERRITTE GREGORY, daughter of the late Percy, Sr. and Rothey Merritte was born January 27, 1924 in Mecklenburg County, VA and departed this life June 8, 2019 in the Hundley Center, South Hill, VA. She was preceded in death by her siblings- Geneva Hardy, Thelma Merritte, Annie Stone and James W. Merritte.

At an early age Sedora was baptized and joined Union Hill RZUA Church where she served as the Church Treasurer. She supported her church faithfully, financially, and spiritually until her demise.

On October 14, 1944 she was married to the late Milton Lee Gregory and to this union six children were born. A son, Marshall Merritte, preceded her in death.

She was a loving and devoted mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend; loved by all who knew her.

Sedora leaves to mourn a daughter- Dorothy Ann Merritte, South Hill, VA; sons-Charles (Lorraine) Gregory, Melvin (Alice) Gregory, Robert (Debra) Gregory, all of Chester, VA and Lonnie (Celestine) Gregory of Baskerville, VA; devoted daughter-in-law, Barbara Jean Gregory, Baskerville, VA; 14 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren, 29 great-great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Florence Merritte, South Hill, VA and Mattie Merritte, Macon, GA; uncle- Raymond Ross, Newark, NJ; a special friend- Ms. Evelyn Jones of Chase City Rehab and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.