Merl Ann Richardson

Merle Ann Richardson, 75, of Snyder, died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. Funeral service for Mrs. Richardson will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday September 26, 2015 at Word is Life Deliverance Church with the Rev. Tony Wofford and Pastor Ernest Ray Brandon officiating. Burial will follow at Snyder Cemetery under the direction of Miller Family Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 6-7 p.m. Friday, September 25, 2015 at the funeral home. Merle Ann Richardson was born to Mr. Bennie and Diamond Pope on Dec. 23, 1939 in Fairplay. She was a graduate of Sunset High School in Beckville. She became a member of the Old Bethel Baptist Church in Clayton at an early age and later joined the Jerusalem Church of God in Christ in Easton. She was a meat wrapper for Town and Country Meat Center before becoming self-employed in 1989. She was a longtime member of the Word is Life Deliverance Church until recently and became a member of Kingdom Seekers Tabernacle. She married Charlie Richardson Jr. on Oct. 25, 1960 in Easton. To that union six children were born — Cheryl Slay and her husband, Vincent, Shrunda Ray and her husband, Maurice, Shelia Allison and her husband, Tommy, Shunda Lane and her husband, Arthur, and Charlie E. Richardson (Charli Boi), all of Snyder, and Charles R. Richardson of McKinney. She was preceded in death by her father in 1968; her mother in 1998; her husband, Charlie Richardson Jr., in 2001; and six brothers. Survivors also include two sisters, JoAnn Tatum and Ira Dell Brown, both of Carthage, 15 grandchildren: LaDerrick Richardson and Wife Cathy, LaCrystal Brooks, D'Angelo Davis and wife Julie, LaShekka Gallegos and husband Roger, D'Andrew Davis, DaNorris Smith, LaShondrick Richardson, LaTekka Richardson, LaTeisha Richardson, DaShay Smith, D'Vincent Allison, LaTysha Richardson, Kykii Allison, LaKreica Lane, LaShyra Lane, 26 great-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, friends and other relatives. Online Condolences may be expressed by visiting www.millerfamilyfuneralhome.com