Funeral services for the Rev. William “Bill” S. Mercer, 80, of Dallas were held May 28, 2011, at Richard Church of the Nazarene in Richardson. Interment with Military Honors was held at DFW National Cemetery.

Rev. Mercer died May 25 in Plano.

He was born May 21, 1931, in Little Rock, Ark., to the late William Jasper and Mable (Brook) Mercer.

He has lived in the Dallas area since 2000. He served as an active minister for 38 years in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana, and he received his theological education from Bethany Nazarene College in Bethany, Okla.

He married Shirley Jean Holderfield on March 11, 1955, in North Little Rock, Ark. He was also a member of the Lions Club.

Survivors include his wife, Shirley Jean Mercer; children, Roy Lee Mercer, Janet LaFern Mercer and Andrea Rhiannon Ward; grandchildren, Wesley William, Charlotte, Jacob, Kiara, Sadi and Alex Ward; sister, Madeline LaFern and David Kerr and Emily Janet Wright; sister-in-law, Ethel Lorene Dyer and brother-in-law, Gary Lloyd Holderfield.

He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Paula Jean Mercer; son, Rev. “Brad” William Bradford Mercer; sisters-in-law, Vivian Maxine Bowman and Helen Hoskin; brothers-in-law, Howard Monroe Holderfield and James Henry Holderfield.

Arrangements were under the direction of Charles W. Smith and Sons Funeral Home in Sachse.

 

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