A Tribute to Merle
I have known Merle for fifty years; we met as young Christians and attended the Pilgrim Holiness Church Constant Spring, now called Wesleyan Church. We had good times together and enjoyed singing. A few weeks before she left for England we spent the day together and had such "Spiritual Fun" at the church convention. She had a lovely head of hair and it was a standing joke that we recognised her from a long way off because of her "big hair".
A few weeks later, some of us her friends bade her "Bon Voyage" on her way to England, I followed a month later and the others as soon as they could. She very soon found the Sussex Road Church in Brixton. I vividly recall her first letter to me was one of mixed feelings as she explained her first impressions of England and the TV programme she watched depicting the Crucifix, it was Easter time. A short while later she left her sister's home to share my room in Peckham.
Although geographically separated and our lives took different directions we kept in touch by telephone or letters. I was happy to her that her husband was a Christian, she was my chief bridesmaid.
Merle had a wry smile with a twinkle in her eyes but, she was an extremely religious person and could be quite serious too.
She was a good role model and her legacy will long be remembered. RIP.
Ludy Lynch
February 2009
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