Obituary of Paul Meredith, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Kim Wise
Source: Riser Funeral Home
Date: August 27, 2004



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Obituary: Paul Meredith
May 15, 2004

Services for Paul Meredith, age 75, of Grayson will be held at
10 a.m., Saturday, May 15, 2004 from the chapel of Riser Funeral
Home in Columbia with Rev. Howard Hudson officiating.  Interment
will follow in the Columbia Hill Cemetery.
    
Mr. Meredith was born on July 19, 1928 in Columbia to the union
of Robert Frederick and Katie Davis Meredith and died Thursday,
May 13, 2004 at the North Monroe Medical Center in Monroe.
    
He was a retired funeral director with Riser Funeral Home in 
Columbia with over 50 years of loyal, dedicated service.   He served
as president of the Columbia Hill Cemetery for many years.  He was
a member of the Grayson United Methodist Church and a member of 
the Columbia Lions Club.
    
Paul was an avid hunter and sportsman and enjoyed camping and
cooking.
    
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wives: Faye McDuffie
Meredith and Irbie Fisher Meredith, his granddaughter: Katie Erin Spillers 
and his brother: Billy Meredith.
    
Survivors include his sons: J. Brent Meredith and his wife: Sharon 
of Austin, Texas and Donald B. Wilson and his wife: Theresa of Mobile,
Alabama, his daughters: Paula M. Spillers and her husband: Mack of
Chatham and Terri Evans and her husband: Jamie of Grayson, his 
brother: Robert "Bob" Meredith of Columbia, his sisters: Pauline M.
Patton of Grayson and Josephine M. Hanchey of Rayville, his grand-
children: Meredith Braddock, Adrianne Meredith, Jennifer Wilson Glee,
Sommer Malcomb and Amber Malcomb and his great-grandson: Ethan
Braddock.
    
Pallbearers will be nephews and great-nephews.
    
Visitation will be Friday from 1 p.m. until 9 p.m. and Saturday from
8 a.m. until time of services at Riser Funeral Home, 7131 Hwy 165,
Columbia.