Born in Mississippi, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Luther Franklin Lewis
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John L. Perry
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 35
in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Jan 2015
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Merlene (Lewis) Perry is buried in Mount Pisgah Memorial Cemetery.
Biography
Merlene Lewis was born on Feb 15, 1941 in Mississippi, USA as the fourth child of Luther Franklin Lewis and Addie B Holifield.
She had three siblings, namely: Myrtle Louise, Pearline, and Jestine. Plus others.
She died on Oct 12, 1976 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA (Rosewood Hospital; Age at Death: 35). [1]
Race: (White) She was buried in Quitman, Clarke County, Mississippi, USA (Mount Pisgah Memorial Cemetery).
John L. Perry and Merlene Lewis had children.
Sources
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Merlene by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Merlene:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Merlene by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Merlene:
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Myrtis Bishop 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M082605 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member myrtisjane
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~0.78%
Charles Haynes :
23andMe, GEDmatch WG3579564 [compare], yourDNAportal CHAc10fdd71
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Categories: Mount Pisgah Memorial Cemetery, Quitman, Clarke County, Mississippi