Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Meadows, John W., 1957 

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JOHN WALTER MEADOWS

John W. Meadows, 69, of Ivor, Dead 

  IVOR - John W. Meadows, 69, died yesterday at 3:30 in a Suffolk hospital 
after a brief illness. 

  Funeral service will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Purviance 
Funeral Chapel in Wakefield.  Burial will be in the Ivor Cemetery. 

  He was a native of Braxton County, W.Va., and had operated an automobile 
service station at Ivor the last five years. 

  Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. J.J. Dennie of South Charleston, W.Va., 
Mrs. W.F. Banson and Mrs. R.K. Laughrey, both of Dunbar, W.Va., one son, 
Virgil Meadows of Miami, Fla.; five grandchildren; one brother, W.T. Meadows 
of Green, Ky.; three sisters, Mrs. Sarah Startcher of Albuquerque, N.M., Mrs. 
Lula Nettles of Gipp, W.Va., and Mrs. Nolie Hess of Camden-on-Gauley, W.Va., 
and several nieces and nephews. 

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John W. Meadows 

   John W. Meadows, 69, a resident of Ivor for the past five years, died in 
a Suffolk hospital at 3:30 o'clock Thursday morning, May 16, after a brief 
illness. 

   A native of Braxton [sic*] County, W.Va., he was the proprietor of a 
service station in Ivor. 

   Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. J.J. Dennie of South Charleston, W.Va., 
and Mrs. W.F. Ranson and Mrs. R.K. Langhrey, both of Dunbar, W.Va.; one son, 
Virgil Meadows of Miami, Fla; one brother, W.T. Meadows of Gree, Ky.; and 
three sisters, Mrs. Sarah Startcher of Albuquerque, N. Mex., Mrs. Lula Nettles 
of Gipp, W.Va. and Mrs. Nolie Hess of Camden-on-Gauley, W. Va.; and several 
nieces and nephews. 

   Rites for Mr. Meadows were conducted at the Purviance Funeral Home in 
Wakefield on Saturday morning at 11 o'clock by Rev. Jeff Monroe, pastor of 
the Zuni Presbyterian Church. 

   Burial was in the Ivor Cemetery, pallbearers being L.R. Bracey, Warren 
Cobb, Wayland Councill, John O'Berry, and Bennie Worrell. 


John Walter MEADOWS, Ivor service station proprietor, former Postmaster, 
b. 14 Mar 1888, Nicholas Co., WV, d. 16 May 1957, Suffolk, 
interred in Ivor Cemetery*, 18 May 1957, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 35, No. 117, Fri., May 17, 1957, p. 3; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA),  Vol. 52, No. 32, Thurs., May 23, 1957, 
   Sect. 1, p. 7 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Ivor list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/ivor.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Ron Stewart - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #103741093. 

D.Cert. 12742 (Chuckatuck #147) gives No Middle Name, b. 4 Mar 1888, 
   Braxton Co., WV, son of Thomas Walter and Mary Jane (HOLICOMB) MEADOWS; 
   div. from Josephine MEADOWS; hospital admission data is cited as the 
   source. 

Rather, he m. Lula Gay DOWNS (1888 - 1979) 5 Aug 1909 in Calhoun Co., WV. 
   Ancestry.com WV Marriages Index gives b. Clay Co., WV.  They div. in FL 
   in 1940.  Lula is buried in Glendale Cemetery, South Charleston, Kanawha 
   Co., WV. 

His WW-II draft card gives b. 14 Mar 1888, Nicholas Co., WV. 

He was appointed Postmaster of Henshaw, Kanawha Co., WV, in 1908. 

His parents, Thomas B. & Mary Jane (HOLCOMB) MEADOWS, are buried in Elmira 
   Cemetery, Braxton Co., WV. 


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