Paula Merrill

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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this Aug. 29, 2016 image, a photograph of Sisters Margaret Held of the School Sisters of St. Francis, left, and Paula Merrill, of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, sits at the entrance to the Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle, in Jackson, Miss., where a memorial Mass was held for two 68-year-old nuns, who were killed in their Durant, home. The story of the deaths of the two nuns, who had worked as nurse practitioners in one of the poorest counties in the U.S. drew national interest and is one of Mississippi's biggest stories of 2016. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)