The funeral service for Robert L. Mercer, age 93, will be at 10:00 AM Saturday, October 31, 2009 at the First Assembly of God Church, with Pastor Dan Barrick officiating.  Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, with arrangements by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home.

      He was born to Edgar E. and Ida Mae (Ratledge) Mercer on June 10, 1916, in Carmen, and went to be with his Lord on  Sunday, October 25, 2009, in Enid after a lengthy illness. 

      Bob grew up in Carmen  and graduated from Carmen High School in 1936.    On May l, 1939, he married Virginia M. Jantz in Enid, and they made their home in Enid.  He was employed by Long Bell Lumber Company until it closed.  He was also manager of Locke Supply in Enid and Bartlesville.  Bob was a salesman all his life, and retired in 1982 from Georgie Boy Manufacturing Company in Edwardsburg, Michigan, at which time they returned to Enid.  He was past Exalted Ruler and lifetime member of Enid Elk Lodge.  Bob was a devout Christian, having given his life to the Lord in 1945, and was a member of First Assembly of God Church for sixty-four years.   

     He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Virginia, of the home; three daughters Marjorie Watson and husband Larry of Ponca City, Roberta  Mazarek of Edwardsburg, Michigan, and Barbara  Brown and husband Fred of Troy, Michigan; one son Edgar Mercer and wife Rita of Merritt Island, FL; eleven grandchildren; and twenty-five great grandchildren; two nieces Maxine Crawford of Norman and Fleetadean Reid of Alva

     He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers , and two sisters.

     Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation – Heart Division