Merle D. Hairston

Merle D. Westberry Hairston, 63, of Killeen, died Wednesday, January 11, 2012, in Dayton.
Visitation and services will be held from noon to 4 p.m., Sunday, January 15, 2012, at the funeral home. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton.
Merle was born October 26, 1948 in El Paso, to parents; Robert B. and Nora C. Cambell Westberry. She was a homemaker and enjoyed cooking, macramé, drawing portraits, and collecting.
Mrs. Hairston was preceded in death by her father: Robert Berlin Westberry and brother-in-law: Doyle Buchanan. She is survived by her sons: Kenneth Hairston of Dayton and Richard Hairston and wife Michelle of Dayton, mother: Nora C. Cambell Westberry of Temple, sisters: Berlin Morgan and husband Freddie of Rogers, Evelyn Taylor and husband William of North Zulch, Jolie Buchanan of Rogers, Charlene Fisher and husband Ron of Valley Center, Dorene Holmes and husband Craig of Covington, GA, Francine Tucker and husband Paul of Manor, and Tammy Greensage of Rogers, brother: Robert Lee Westberry and wife Tina of Red Ranger, special friend: Pat O’Hara of Belton, grandchildren: Kenneth M. Hairston, Frederick M. Hairston, and Cassandra P. Hairston, and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.