Merril Braudis "Poodle" Cavendish

1909 - 2002  (93 years)

• Name	Merril Braudis "Poodle" Cavendish
  Nickname	Poodle
  Birth	15 Apr 1909	Ansted, Fayette Co., WV   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Nov 2002	Murfreesboro, Rutherford Co., TN   [1]
  Burial	18 Nov 2002	Restlawn Memory Gardens, Victor, Fayette Co., WV   [1]
  Person ID	I28326	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Walter S. Cavendish,   b. 28 Dec 1869, Fayette Co., WV d. 15 Jan 1966, Hico, Fayette Co., WV (Age 96 years)
  Mother	Nettie M. Kenney,   b. Jul 1877, Fayette Co., WV d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	13 Mar 1898	Fayette Co., WV   [2]
  Family ID	F10679	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Stella Campbell,   b. 30 Sep 1910   d. May 1969, Ansted, Fayette Co., WV (Age 58 years)
  Children	1. Mary Ellen Cavendish   2. James B. "Jim" Cavendish
  Family ID	F10714	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

• Notes

  The Beckley Register-Herald, Online Edition, Friday, 15 November 2002 MURFREESBORO, TENN. - Merril B. "Poodle" Cavendish, 93, formerly of Hico, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2002, at a Murfreesboro, Tenn., hospital following a long illness. Born April 15, 1909, at Ansted, he was the son of the late Walter S. and Nettie Bays Cavendish. Mr. Cavendish retired in 1972 as principal of Ansted High School, had served in the U.S. Army and enjoyed farming. He was also a member of the St. Paul's United Methodist Church of Ansted. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Stella Campbell Cavendish, in 1969 and two sisters. Survivors include a daughter, Mary Ellen Beiletti of West Jacksonville, Fla.; a son, James B. "Jim" Cavendish of Murf-reesboro, Tenn.; a brother, Lawrence Cavendish of Beckley; and three grandchildren. Service will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Wallace & Wallace Chapel in Ansted with Pastor Billy G. Kincaid officiating. Burial will follow in Restlawn Memory Gardens, Victor. Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Arrangements by Wallace & Wallace of Ansted.

  
  

• Sources

  [S866] Obituary: The Beckley Register-Herald. [S112] Shuck, Larry G., Fayette County, [West] Virginia Marriages 1832-1853 & 1865-1903, (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1995).