Mrs. Merinda Adeline Hite, 82, Waleska, died at her home after an extended illness.

Funeral services were held February22 with the Rev. Will Darby, Raymond Brown and Earl Nelson officiating from the chapel of Sosebee Funeral Home.  The Melody Girls sang selected hymns.

Interment followed in the Old Macedonia Cemetery.

Surviving are her daughters, Mrs. Agnes Rampley of Canton, Mrs. Eva Rampley of Whitesbury, Mrs. Orlean Waters of Waleska; son Robert Hite of Carrollton; sisters Mrs. Viola Simpson and Mrs. Pollie Starnes of Cartersville; 15 grandchildren and 49 great-grandchildren.