MURFREESBORO – Merlin Wayne Kingston, 77, of Collin Road, Murfreesboro, died Saturday, August 27, 2016 at his residence. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, September 1, 2016 at Faith Pentecostal Holiness Church. A private inurnment with military honors will be held in Albert G. Horton, Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery in Suffolk, VA. Miller Funeral Home & Crematory, Edenton, assisted the family with the cremation arrangements.