ALEXANDER COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Claude E. Meadows, 11 Oct 1983
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The Taylorsville Times  Oct. 13, 1983
 
Claude E. Meadows, 60, of Oakdale Circle, Statesville, died Tuesday at the 
Veterans Administration Hospital in Salisbury. He was a former resident of
Alexander County for many years. 
He was born in Wilkes County on Sept. 7, 1923, and was the son of the late
Robert Lonnie Meadows and Victoria Davis Meadows.
A retired carpenter, he was a veteran of the U.S. Army and received the Purple
Heart and four Bronze Service Stars in the European campaign. He was a member
of the Troutman American Legion. He was preceded in death by one sister, Luna 
M. McLain.
Surviving are his wife, Bernice Jenkins Meadows; one son Jackie L. Meadows of
Charlotte; one daughter; Mrs. Donna Meadows Turner of Charlotte; four 
brothers, Charles Meadows of Stony Point and Lex Meadows and Ted Meadows both 
of Taylorsville, and Walter Meadows of Hiddenite; two sisters, Mrs. Anne 
Bowles of Taylorsville and Mrs. Sue Reavis of Yadkinville; one grandson, Scott 
Meadows of Charlotte.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday  at 3 p.m. at Pleasant Hill 
Baptist Church in Taylorsville, with Rev. Cecil Lovelace and Rev. Charles Lee
Hutchens officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The body will lie in state for 30 minutes prior to the funeral hour.
The family will receive friends from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. today at Bunch-Johnson 
Funeral Home, in Statesville and will assemble at the residence. 
 
(Transcribed from a photocopy by Donna Meadows-Turner Oct. 06, 2003.)

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