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| death_date=September 4, 2001 (aged 80)
| death_date=September 4, 2001 (aged 80)
| death_place=Floresville, Texas
| death_place=Floresville, Texas
| religion =
| religion=
| spouse=Mary H. Connally (born 1930)
| spouse=Mary H. Connally (born 1930)
| children= including Merrill Connally, Jr. (born 1956)
| children= including Merrill Connally, Jr. (born 1956)
Another brother, Golfrey M. Connally (born 1919 - deceased), an [[economics]] professor at then San Antonio Junior College, supported [[George McGovern]] for [[U.S. President]] in 1972, while brother John Connally was heading the national "Democrats for [[Richard M. Nixon|Nixon]]" committee.<ref name=ashman/>
Another brother, Golfrey M. Connally (born 1919 - deceased), an [[economics]] professor at then San Antonio Junior College, supported [[George McGovern]] for [[U.S. President]] in 1972, while brother John Connally was heading the national "Democrats for [[Richard M. Nixon|Nixon]]" committee.<ref name=ashman/>
Connally died of lung cancer. He is interred at Fairview Cemetery in Fairview in Wilson County.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23918654|title=Merrill Lee Connally, Wilson County, Texas|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=October 14, 2020}}</ref> The Connally Memorial Medical Center in his native Floresville is named for him and his brothers John and Wayne.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.journals.senate.state.tx.us/sjrnl/79r/html/sj03-07-f.htm|title=Texas State Senate journals|publisher=journals.senate.state.tx.us|accessdate=December 25, 2008}}</ref>
Connally died of lung cancer. He is interred at Fairview Cemetery in Fairview in Wilson County.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23918654|title=Merrill Lee Connally, Wilson County, Texas|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=October 14, 2020}}</ref> The Connally Memorial Medical Center in his native Floresville is named for him and his brothers John and Wayne.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.journals.senate.state.tx.us/sjrnl/79r/html/sj03-07-f.htm|title=Texas State Senate journals: Senator Zaffirini offered the following resolution|publisher=journals.senate.state.tx.us|accessdate=October 14, 2020}}</ref>