THE TIMES AND DEMOCRAT
Orangeburg, South Carolina
Thursday, November 3, 1977 

JOHNNIE F. MERCER 

HOLLY HILL, S.C. – Johnnie Franklin Mercer, 63, died Wednesday morning in a Charleston hospital. 

The funeral will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov 3, at Sauls-Rhame Funeral Home of Holly Hill with the Rev. Earl Behr officiating. Burial will be Friday in Bunnell, Fla. 

Mr. Mercer was born in Bunnell, Fla., a son of the late James Franklin and Martha Rae Mercer. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Holly Hill, a veteran of World War II and was plant project supervisor at Santee Portland Cement Corporation. 

Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Carolyn Grimes Mercer of Holly Hill; two sons, Richard Norman Mercer of Norfolk, Va., and Paul Franklin Mercer of Holly Hill; one sister, Mrs. Florena Nancy Lyons of Jacksonville, Fla.; four brothers, Zeno Mercer of Daytona Beach, Fla., Ray Mercer of Bunnell, Fla., Lamar Mercer of Orlando, Fla., and Gayle Mercer of Kissimmee, Fla.; three grandchildren. 

Friends may call at the home and Sauls-Rhame Funeral Home. 

The family suggests memorials may be made to a favorite charity or the American Cancer Society.

 

DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL
Daytona Beach, Florida
Wednesday, November 7, 1977

Johnny F. Mercer, 63, Holly Hill, S.C., a Bunnell native and resident most of his life, died Oct. 31 at Charleston (S.C.) Veterans Administration Hospital after a long illness.

Mr. Mercer had lived in Holly Hill for 12 years, moving from Bunnell, and was a project supervisor with Santee Portland Cement Company there. Mr. Mercer was a veteran of World War II and a member of the VFW.

Survivors include his widow, Carolyn, two sons, Richard, Norfolk, Va., and Paul, Holly Hill; a sister, Mrs. Nancy Florena Lyons, Jacksonville; four brothers, Zeno, Daytona Beach, Ray, Bunnell, Lamar, Orlando and Gayle, Kissimmee and three grandchildren.