Addie V. Hylton

  General Notes:

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Addie Hylton Merrimee
Birth: Oct. 24, 1895 - Carroll County, VA
Death: Apr. 28, 1989 - VA

Pulaski County's first female constitutional officer, Addie Hylton Merrimee died Friday at the age of 93.

Merrimee began working in the Pulaski County Courthouse in 1934, serving under S.W. Cecil, former commissioner of the revenue. Merrimee became commissioner of the revenue in 1952. She remained in office until 1972.

According to a 1951 article in The Southwest Times, Merrimee was only the second female in the history of Pulaski County to seek a public office. Effie Boothe was the first woman to run for a public office (county clerk), however, she was defeated. Merrimee served as a leader of the Democratic Party for many years.

Miss Addie, as we called her, will be very much missed by everyone in the Democratic party in the county, said Pulaski County Democratic Party Chairman Becky Gunn. "She gave us and the party 20 years of exceptional service as commissioner of the revenue. She will be greatly missed by all her friends and party members," Gunn added.

Merrimee was also a member of the Business and Professional Woman's Club, United Daughters of the Confederacy and was active on the board of the Hensel Eckman YMCA and advisory board of the Salvation Army. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Pulaski.

Merrimee was born in Carroll County, Oct. 24, 1895 the daughter of the late Abram W. Hylton, and Susan Wright Hylton.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Merrimee.

She is survived by one brother, Avis Hylton of Detroit Michigan.

Funeral services will be today at 2 p.m. at Stevens Funeral Chapel with Dr. James Sorrell officiating. Burial will follow in the Dublin Cemetery. Visiting was held Saturday at Stevens Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church, 325 Randolph Ave., Pulaski, Va., 24301. Arrangements- by Stevens Funeral Home, Inc., Pulaski.

THE SOUTHWEST TIMES, PULASKI, VA., SUNDAY, APRIL 30,1989-PAGE AS

Parents:
Abram Walker Hylton (1872 - 1952)
Susannah E Phlegar Hylton (1882 - 1955)

Sibling:
Addie Hylton Merrimee (1895 - 1989)
Charles Clyde Hylton (1898 - 1982)*

Burial: Dublin Cemetery, Dublin, Pulaski County, Virginia
Created by: SWVA Genealogy Searcher
Record added: Aug 31, 2010

  Medical Notes:

Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
Name: Addie Hylton Merrimee
Death Date: 28 Apr 1989
Death Place: Pulaski, Virginia

Addie married Arthur Paul Merrimee on 12 Aug 1930 in St. Peter's Rectory, Fairmont, Marion Co., WV. (Arthur Paul Merrimee was born on 7 Nov 1881 in St. Joseph, Daviess Co., Kentucky, died on 19 Apr 1947 in Pulaski, Pulaski Co., VA and was buried in Owensboro, KY.) The cause of his death was Cerebral Hemorrhage.

  Marriage Notes:

West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971
Name: Arthur P Merrimee (single)
Residence: Fairmont, WV
Occupation: Instructor
Age: 43
Birthplace: Davis Co., KY
Gender: Male
Father: Robert A. Merrimee
Mother: Martha Griffin
Spouse's Name: Addie Hylton (single)
Residence: Rivesville, WV
Occupation: Cashier
Age: 33
Birthplace: Carroll Co., VA
Spouse Gender: Female
Father: A. W. Hylton
Mother: Susan Wright
Marriage Date: Aug 12,1930 at St. Peter's Rectory, Fairmont, Marion Co., WV
Marriage Place: Monongalia, West Virginia