Merva Lillian (McCLURE) UNDERWOOD

​​Page last updated 8 June 2026.
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Obituary
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Kacie's Photography, 2017
 
Birth:  3 August 1922 in St. Louis, Missouri
Death:  9 August 2013 in La Plata, Charles County, Maryland
Burial:  20 August 2013 at Resurrection Cemetery, Clinton, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Section 141
Headstone Text:  FRANCIS W. / 1915-1992 // MERVA L. / 1922-2013 // TOGETHER   MARRIED / FOREVER   8-16-40 // UNDERWOOD

Parents:  Edward Franklin McCLURE and Margaret McCLURE (m. CRUMP)
Parents' Children: 
  • Elinor Lorraine MUDD (m. McCLURE)
  • Merva Lillian UNDERWOOD (m. McCLURE)
  • Edward Franklin McCLURE

Spouse:  Francis William UNDERWOOD
Marriage:  16 August 1940 in Washington, D.C.
Children: 
  • Mickey UNDERWOOD
  • Joseph Michael UNDERWOOD
  • Francis William UNDERWOOD Jr.
  • Judith Ann HICKS (m. UNDERWOOD)
  • Henry Edward UNDERWOOD
  • Elizabeth L. BROWN (m. UNDERWOOD)
  • Mary Susan LERNER (m. UNDERWOOD)
  • Margaret Kathy JURIS (m. UNDERWOOD)
  • Peter UNDERWOOD
  • Patricia UNDERWOOD
  • Merva Lynn BRIGHTWELL (m. UNDERWOOD)
  • James UNDERWOOD
  • Sandra L. OVERBY (m. UNDERWOOD)
  • Richard UNDERWOOD
 
Employment:  Merva was a Homemaker.
 
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery:  Francis and Merva share a plot and headstone, buried in Section 141. Also buried in this cemetery  are: their son -- Henry; Francis’s brother and sister-in-law -- Paul and Kathrina; Merva’s sister and brother-in-law -- Elinor and Ernest.
 
Family Information Compiled From:  FindAGrave website (#80974798), FamilySearch website (#LRY9-94Z), GenealogyBank, Early Colonial Settlers, and family records.
 
Documents Include:  Lee Funeral Home -- obituary.
 
Abbreviation Key:  
​m. = maiden name
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