Obituary of Clara J Meadows, Mississippi Co, AR *********************************************************** Submitted by: Barbara Brittain Ryals not related Date: Sep 1998 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** (Blytheville [AR] Courier News; Wednesday, September 19, 1984; page 2) Mrs. Clara Josephine MEADOWS, 82, of Osceola, died Monday in Osceola Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of Paten MEADOWS, Sr., was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and a lifelong Osceola resident. Besides her husband, she leaves six sons, Paten MEADOWS Jr., Grover MEADOWS, Raymond MEADOWS and Leroy MEADOWS, all of Osceola, Douglas MEADOWS of Elton, Ky., and Billy MEADOWS of Pine Bluff;; Three daughters, Mrs. Louise ROBINSON, Mrs. Dorothy MOORE and Mary Alice MEADOWS, all of Osceola; A brother, Frank VAUGHT of West Memphis; A sister, Mrs. Marie RAYLE of Memphis; Nineteen grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and a great-great- grandchild. Services were held today at 2 p.m. in Swift Colonial Chapel with burial in Ermen Cemetery. (An unidentified Osceola newspaper had this additional info: She was born Jan. 26, 1902 at Macon, Miss. and had lived in Osceola most of her life. She and Mr. MEADOWS were married Nov. 8, 1918 and celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary last year.)