Obit of Rhea, Wanda Meacham - Stephens County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 23 Oct 2005 Return to Stephens County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/stephens/stephens.htm ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Rhea, Wanda Meacham 1926 - 2005 Wanda Meacham Rhea, 79, a longtime resident of Graham, died Friday, June 17, 2005, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Morrison Funeral Home Chapel, with Dick Stovall of Hamilton and Edgar Jones of Graham, officiating. Burial: Pioneer Cemetery in Graham. Visitation: The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Morrison Funeral Home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made in Wanda's memory to: Graham Regional Hospital Auxiliary, Tipton; or Medina Children's Home; or a favorite charity. Wanda was born Feb. 28, 1926, to Pearl Lee "P.L." and Rena Lennis Dawson Todd in Marlow, Okla. She grew up in the farming and ranching community of Marlow. After reaching her teens, the family migrated to Wichita Falls, where she attended high school. After a career in the office supply business, she met and married Guy E. Meacham Sr. Sept. 18, 1953, a Graham businessman and community leader. Together they raised their five children. He preceded her in death April 27, 1988. She married retired businessman, Charles H. Rhea, July 12, 1996, in Graham. Wanda touched the lives of many people in Graham through her volunteer work in the Graham General Hospital Auxiliary, Meals on Wheels, Graham Garden Club, Woman's Club and Chamber of Commerce. Wanda was a faithful member of the Eastside Church of Christ. Wanda's family would like to thank Mary Smith; the staff at Life Care Hospital in Fort Worth; Dr. Dalton Rhea, son of Charles, for his council and advice; and, especially, Wanda's husband, Charles Rhea, for making Wanda's last years and days as comfortable as possible. Survivors: Husband, Charles H. Rhea of Graham; daughter, Charlotte Barnett and son-in-law, Don of Kerrville; son, Trenton Bonner and daughter-in-law, Karen of LaJolla, Calif.; stepsons, Forrest Meacham and wife, Angela of Graham, Larry Meacham and wife, C.J. of Germany; daughter-in-law, Mary Meacham Wainscott of Olney; 13 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Published in the Star-Telegram on 6/19/2005. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Stephens County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/stephens/stephens.htm