Alsie Jean Merritt, 88, wife of Hollis Thomas Merritt, passed away on Friday, March 22, 2019 at her home.

She was born in Estill County, Kentucky, on April 28, 1930, to the late Millard and Myrtle Modell Short Mansfield. She was a homemaker, a member of First Church of God Colby Road and previously worked as a seamstress at Curley Clothing.

In addition to her loving husband of 70 years, she is survived by two children, Rhonda Ann Merritt and Patricia Jean Bowling; five grandchildren, Angela Mansfield (Mark) Cambron, Ashley Lynn Bowling, Brandon Thomas (Heather)Bowling, Monte Dain Everman and Randall Brooke Everman; ten great-grandchildren, Elizabeth Jaelyn Cambron, Olivia Ann Cambron, Joseph Gabriel Cambron, Lily Marie Cambron, Mark Samuel Cambron, Asher Charles Cambron, Morgan Elizabeth Payne, Kaila Lynn Payne, Jasper Clay Everman and Jason Edward Blevins II.

Graveside services were held Saturday, March 23, 2019 at Winchester Cemetery Shelter.