Background
Merriweather, Robert Everett was born on May 31, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Archie Carter and Ella Mae (Patton) Merriweather.
Merriweather, Robert Everett was born on May 31, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Archie Carter and Ella Mae (Patton) Merriweather.
Student, Highland Park Junior College, Highland Park, Michigan, 1955-1956; student, Meinzenger Art School, Detroit, 1955-1957.
Muralist, Baptist Church/others, Detroit, 1945-1996; illustrator, District of Columbia Lee Printing Company, Detroit, 1955-1956; letterer, artist, Manhattan Sign Company, Detroit, 1957-1960; illustrator, Clinton St. Bethlehem Temple, Detroit, since 1962; painter, letterer, General Dynamics, Centerline, Michigan, 1983-1990; commercial artist, Merriweather Signs, Centerline, since 1975; painter consultant, Detroit, since 1995; art director, consultant, Penobscot Art Gallery, Detroit, 1993-1995; mentor, Detroit, since 1970.
Mentor The Black Caucus Foundation, Detroit, 1996. Staff Sergeant United States Army, 1951-1954. Member National Conference Artists.
Married Tena Flagg, May 16, 1951 (divorced May 1955). Children: Rhonda Denise Merriweather Bonan. Married Barbara Ann Jones, September 29, 1962.
Children: Vicky, Robert Junior, Gina Rodric, Sheri, Nyssia, Alicia, Heather, Holly, Eric.