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Despite all the hard work, Merrill has managed t«J^> retain his sense of humor. According to a friend, he was asked once what his initials “L. V.” stood for. “Why boy, don’t you know?” answered Merrill, puffing out his chest and pulling back his shoulders with the everpresent cigar stub dangling from his lip. "It’s Large and Vicious, of course.”
Married In 1928 Merrill was married to the former Ruth Nethers of Madison County from 1928 until her death in 1964. After 12 years as a widower, he climbed back on the marriage-go-round in 1976 with Dorothy Redding Vance, a childhood friend of both Merrill and his sister.
Dorothy and L. V.’s relationship goes back to the years when they were both tall teenagers in a short world, according to Merrill’s daughter Marilyn. With the typical teenager’s aversion to being different, they hung around together so that they’d be at least two of a kind.
Mrs. Vance remained friends with Merrill’s family through the years. When he started making trips to Prince William seven or eight years ago to see her, the subject of marriage came up. According to reliable sources, Merrill told Dorothy that he planned to sell the garage and then they would get married.
But his family knew the
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