Alva Review-Courier -

Funeral services for Merlin Dee Overton were 2 p.m. Tuesday, September 8, 2020, at the Alva First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) with Rev. Ron Pingelton and Pastor Drew Kirtley officiating. Interment was in the Alva Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva, Oklahoma.

Merlin, son of the late Earl and Lillian (McCormick) Overton, was born May 17, 1941, in Nash, Oklahoma, and passed away September 3, 2020, in Alva at the age of 79 years.

After graduating from Nash High School, he attended Northwestern Oklahoma State University where he obtained his degree in...