Graveside services for Lois Ryals Merrill, 95, of Coushatta, LA were held at 2 P.M. Thursday, April 2, 2020 at Old Chapel Cemetery with Bro. Rick McDonald officiating.  A memorial service will be held at a later date. 

Mrs. Merrill was born October 22, 1924 in Choudrant, LA and passed away March 30, 2020.  She loved her family, church, flowers and clothes.  She will be dearly missed by all those who knew and loved her.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jodie Bell Merrill; son, Arvin Jodie Merrill; grandson, Keith Howard Sisson; and parents, Otis and Luddie Ryals.

Mrs. Merrill is survived by two sons, Larry Merrill and wife, Mary of Coushatta, LA and Billy Wayne Merrill and wife, Linda of Conroe, TX; two daughters, Dorothy Gorman and husband, Dale of Murphy, NC and Jeanette Sisson and husband, David of Vicksburg, MS; daughter-in-law, Nelva Ann Merrill of Marshall, TX; ten grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

Honorary pallbearers were Brett Gorman, Rance Gorman, Kirk Merrill, Allen Merrill, and Andy Merrill.