Barbara "Earlene" Merick

Barbara Earlene Merick, daughter to the late Herman and Iva Irene Workman Liggett was born on June 29, 1942 in Bell City, Missouri and departed this life on May 24, 2022 at Southeast Health Center in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 79 years.

She was a secretary at Bell City Elementary School. After retirement she loved watching her favorite sports teams play. The St. Cardinals Baseball, Oran Baseball and Bell City Baseball.

Barbara was united in marriage to Doyle “Bill” Merick on December 16, 1998 and he survives of the home.

She is survived by a son, Jim (Bobbie) Rampley of Bell City, Missouri; two daughters, Tammie (Steve) Haas of Cape Girardeau, Missouri and Sherry (Eric) Urhahn of Oran, Missouri; a brother, Marlin (Joyce) Liggett of Hazelwood, Missouri; two sisters, Patsy Umfleet of Advance, Missouri and Juanita (Jerry) Fisher of Dexter, Missouri; six grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Besides her parents she was preceded in death by a brother, Jerry Liggett and two sisters, Zilpha Abernathy and Linda Schroeder

Visitation will be 10:30 am – 1:00 pm on Thursday, May 26, 2022 at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran, Missouri. Funeral service will then be conducted at 1:00 pm at the funeral home chapel. Burial will be at Gravel Hill Cemetery Bloomfield, Missouri.