Dorothy Merriman

Dorothy Merriman of Maryville, Tennessee, passed away at Asbury Place on October 30, 2020. Dorothy will be remembered as a woman who loved people, and that people loved her back. She was married to her late husband, Dr. George Merriman for nearly fifty years, and raised three children: Frank Merriman, late, of Maryville, Mary Layman of Big Lake, Alaska, and Claire Carlton of Buhl, Idaho. She had six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. She is also survived by her dear friends, Kathy, Josh, and Becca Adkins. Dorothy was very involved in her church, St. John’s United Methodist, for many years. She loved to have students from the University of Tennessee, many of them international students, over for dinner and holidays, always striving to make them feel at home. For the past 20 years, Dorothy has resided at Asbury Place in Maryville, where she continued to make friends and encourage others. She was ninety-seven years old at the time of her death www.mccammonammonsclick.com 865-982-6812