LE ROY MERCER WAS BORN ON JANUARY 10, 1927 IN DE SOTO, MO. HE WAS THE SON OF JAMES D. & BESSIE (BOYER) MERCER. HE DIED ON MARCH 30, 2009 AT JEFFERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN CRYSTAL CITY, MO AT THE AGE OF 83.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SON JAMES (FIANCE, JERRI LOFTON) MERCER OF FESTUS, MO; AND ONE DAUGHTER LINDA (FIANCE, CLYDE WOMACK) SAYLOR OF DE SOTO, MO; TWO SISTERS: VICKIE CRUM OF GERALD, MO; AND ELLA MAE (BILL) RULO OF BARNHART, MO; AND FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, TAMMY HAFFER, SHANNON MERCER, STACEY LYNN MERCER, KEITH SAYLOR, AND JASON LOFTON; AND SIX GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE EVELENE (NEE YARBROUGH) MERCER, HIS PARENTS, ONE SON KEVIN T. MERCER; FOUR BROTHERS, EVERETT, WAYNE, EUGENE, AND GILBERT MERCER; AND TWO SISTERS, BEULAH MERCER AND EVELYN REYNOLDS.
MR. MERCER WAS A MEMBER OF THE 1ST ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH IN DE SOTO. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY DURING WWII, AND WAS A MEMEBER OF THE M.A.N. (MISSOURI AMPHIBIOUS NAVY).
