OBITUARY:
The Chattahoochee Valley Times
Date: Wednesday, October 12, 1927
Mr. M. V. (W.V) Meadors
Confederate Vetran
Dies Monday
Mr. M. V. (W. V) Meadors, 84, died at his home in Lanett Monday night at 12 o'clock. His health ahd been exceptionally good until the past few months except for a cancer on his face, which caused his death.
Mr. Meadors was a Confederate Veteran, having served in the army of the South the entire four years of the war between the states. He was wounded in the head by a minie ball on July 1st, 1863, at Vicksburg, Miss. The bullet remained in his head until march 1920, then coming out through the mouth.
He was married to Miss Amanda Shivers, of Mississippi, who survives him.
He is also survived by one brother, R. E. Meadors, of Oklahoma, and two sisters, both of Louisiana.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. I. T. Carlton, at the Lanett Methodist church, Tuesday, October 11th at 3:30 P.M. The remains were interred at Lanett Cemetery the same afternoon. Johnson & Blakely, funeral directors, in charge.
NOTE: THE PAPER HAS NAME AS M. V. MEADORS, BUT ON GRAVE MARKER IT IS W. M. MEADORS.
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October 19, 1927 issue of The LaFayette Sun
Confederate Soldier Dies in Lanett.
Willie V. Meadows, age 84 years, Confederate soldier, died at his home in Lanett on Saturday, October 10th, after a lingering illness.
The deceased was a well-known and respected citizen of Chambers County. He served in the Confederate Army under Colonel James F. Dowdell; was wounded in he battle at Corinth, Miss., and never fully recovered from the wound. A ball from the gun of the enemy striking him in the head, and some fifty years later it was found in his throat. The wound was given as the cause of a cancer which started in his throat several years ago and from which he died.
He moved to Mississippi at the close of the War Between the States, and after accumulating a small fortune returned again to his native hearth.
Surviving the deceased is his wife, Mrs. W. V. Meadows; two brothers, of Texas and Oklahoma; also a host of other relatives. Mrs. R. C. Thomas, of this city, is a niece of the deceased.
Burial was in the Lanett Cemetery, Sunday, October 11.
The Chattahoochee Valley Times
Date: Wednesday, October 12, 1927
Mr. M. V. (W.V) Meadors
Confederate Vetran
Dies Monday
Mr. M. V. (W. V) Meadors, 84, died at his home in Lanett Monday night at 12 o'clock. His health ahd been exceptionally good until the past few months except for a cancer on his face, which caused his death.
Mr. Meadors was a Confederate Veteran, having served in the army of the South the entire four years of the war between the states. He was wounded in the head by a minie ball on July 1st, 1863, at Vicksburg, Miss. The bullet remained in his head until march 1920, then coming out through the mouth.
He was married to Miss Amanda Shivers, of Mississippi, who survives him.
He is also survived by one brother, R. E. Meadors, of Oklahoma, and two sisters, both of Louisiana.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. I. T. Carlton, at the Lanett Methodist church, Tuesday, October 11th at 3:30 P.M. The remains were interred at Lanett Cemetery the same afternoon. Johnson & Blakely, funeral directors, in charge.
NOTE: THE PAPER HAS NAME AS M. V. MEADORS, BUT ON GRAVE MARKER IT IS W. M. MEADORS.
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October 19, 1927 issue of The LaFayette Sun
Confederate Soldier Dies in Lanett.
Willie V. Meadows, age 84 years, Confederate soldier, died at his home in Lanett on Saturday, October 10th, after a lingering illness.
The deceased was a well-known and respected citizen of Chambers County. He served in the Confederate Army under Colonel James F. Dowdell; was wounded in he battle at Corinth, Miss., and never fully recovered from the wound. A ball from the gun of the enemy striking him in the head, and some fifty years later it was found in his throat. The wound was given as the cause of a cancer which started in his throat several years ago and from which he died.
He moved to Mississippi at the close of the War Between the States, and after accumulating a small fortune returned again to his native hearth.
Surviving the deceased is his wife, Mrs. W. V. Meadows; two brothers, of Texas and Oklahoma; also a host of other relatives. Mrs. R. C. Thomas, of this city, is a niece of the deceased.
Burial was in the Lanett Cemetery, Sunday, October 11.
OBITUARY:
The Chattahoochee Valley Times
Date: Wednesday, October 12, 1927
Mr. M. V. (W.V) Meadors
Confederate Vetran
Dies Monday
Mr. M. V. (W. V) Meadors, 84, died at his home in Lanett Monday night at 12 o'clock. His health ahd been exceptionally good until the past few months except for a cancer on his face, which caused his death.
Mr. Meadors was a Confederate Veteran, having served in the army of the South the entire four years of the war between the states. He was wounded in the head by a minie ball on July 1st, 1863, at Vicksburg, Miss. The bullet remained in his head until march 1920, then coming out through the mouth.
He was married to Miss Amanda Shivers, of Mississippi, who survives him.
He is also survived by one brother, R. E. Meadors, of Oklahoma, and two sisters, both of Louisiana.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. I. T. Carlton, at the Lanett Methodist church, Tuesday, October 11th at 3:30 P.M. The remains were interred at Lanett Cemetery the same afternoon. Johnson & Blakely, funeral directors, in charge.
NOTE: THE PAPER HAS NAME AS M. V. MEADORS, BUT ON GRAVE MARKER IT IS W. M. MEADORS.
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October 19, 1927 issue of The LaFayette Sun
Confederate Soldier Dies in Lanett.
Willie V. Meadows, age 84 years, Confederate soldier, died at his home in Lanett on Saturday, October 10th, after a lingering illness.
The deceased was a well-known and respected citizen of Chambers County. He served in the Confederate Army under Colonel James F. Dowdell; was wounded in he battle at Corinth, Miss., and never fully recovered from the wound. A ball from the gun of the enemy striking him in the head, and some fifty years later it was found in his throat. The wound was given as the cause of a cancer which started in his throat several years ago and from which he died.
He moved to Mississippi at the close of the War Between the States, and after accumulating a small fortune returned again to his native hearth.
Surviving the deceased is his wife, Mrs. W. V. Meadows; two brothers, of Texas and Oklahoma; also a host of other relatives. Mrs. R. C. Thomas, of this city, is a niece of the deceased.
Burial was in the Lanett Cemetery, Sunday, October 11.
The Chattahoochee Valley Times
Date: Wednesday, October 12, 1927
Mr. M. V. (W.V) Meadors
Confederate Vetran
Dies Monday
Mr. M. V. (W. V) Meadors, 84, died at his home in Lanett Monday night at 12 o'clock. His health ahd been exceptionally good until the past few months except for a cancer on his face, which caused his death.
Mr. Meadors was a Confederate Veteran, having served in the army of the South the entire four years of the war between the states. He was wounded in the head by a minie ball on July 1st, 1863, at Vicksburg, Miss. The bullet remained in his head until march 1920, then coming out through the mouth.
He was married to Miss Amanda Shivers, of Mississippi, who survives him.
He is also survived by one brother, R. E. Meadors, of Oklahoma, and two sisters, both of Louisiana.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. I. T. Carlton, at the Lanett Methodist church, Tuesday, October 11th at 3:30 P.M. The remains were interred at Lanett Cemetery the same afternoon. Johnson & Blakely, funeral directors, in charge.
NOTE: THE PAPER HAS NAME AS M. V. MEADORS, BUT ON GRAVE MARKER IT IS W. M. MEADORS.
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October 19, 1927 issue of The LaFayette Sun
Confederate Soldier Dies in Lanett.
Willie V. Meadows, age 84 years, Confederate soldier, died at his home in Lanett on Saturday, October 10th, after a lingering illness.
The deceased was a well-known and respected citizen of Chambers County. He served in the Confederate Army under Colonel James F. Dowdell; was wounded in he battle at Corinth, Miss., and never fully recovered from the wound. A ball from the gun of the enemy striking him in the head, and some fifty years later it was found in his throat. The wound was given as the cause of a cancer which started in his throat several years ago and from which he died.
He moved to Mississippi at the close of the War Between the States, and after accumulating a small fortune returned again to his native hearth.
Surviving the deceased is his wife, Mrs. W. V. Meadows; two brothers, of Texas and Oklahoma; also a host of other relatives. Mrs. R. C. Thomas, of this city, is a niece of the deceased.
Burial was in the Lanett Cemetery, Sunday, October 11.
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