Allen Elvin "Sam" Meadows
February 26, 1930 - June 19, 2019
Allen Elvin “Sam” Meadows, 89, of Briscoe, died Wednesday, June 19, 2019, in Canadian, Texas.
Services will be 3:00 PM, Sunday, June 23, 2019 at Cornerstone in Wheeler with Pastor Erron Mercer, officiating. Burial will follow in the Wheeler Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Robertson Funeral Directors in Wheeler on Saturday, June 22, 2019, 5:00-6:30PM.
Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Wheeler.
Sam was born February 26, 1930 in Wheeler, Texas to Gertrude Cole and Allen Meadows. He was the first baby to be born in the Wheeler Hospital, or what is now the current Townsquare Inn. He married Barbara Mitchell on June 26, 1956 in Wheeler. Allen was a resident of Hemphill County for his entire life. He was a veteran serving in the US Army during the Korean War, where he was drafted to Germany and served in the 504th AAA Operations Detachment. He had worked in farming and ranching his entire life outside of the military and it is what he truly loved to do. He served on the Boer Goat Association Board and was the first man to bring Boar goats to the Texas Panhandle. Allen also served as a Briscoe School Board member.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and 2 brothers, and 3 sisters.
Survivors include his wife, Barbra Meadows of Briscoe; 1 daughter, Brenda and her husband Ernie Wood of Colorado City, Texas; 2 sons, Mike and his wife Rolanda Meadows and Mark and his wife Mandy Meadows, both from Briscoe, Texas; 7 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren.
The family asks that donations be made to the Briscoe Volunteer Fire Department or Cornerstone Church in Wheeler.
(Published by Robertson Funeral Directors, Friday, June 21, 2019)
February 26, 1930 - June 19, 2019
Allen Elvin “Sam” Meadows, 89, of Briscoe, died Wednesday, June 19, 2019, in Canadian, Texas.
Services will be 3:00 PM, Sunday, June 23, 2019 at Cornerstone in Wheeler with Pastor Erron Mercer, officiating. Burial will follow in the Wheeler Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Robertson Funeral Directors in Wheeler on Saturday, June 22, 2019, 5:00-6:30PM.
Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Wheeler.
Sam was born February 26, 1930 in Wheeler, Texas to Gertrude Cole and Allen Meadows. He was the first baby to be born in the Wheeler Hospital, or what is now the current Townsquare Inn. He married Barbara Mitchell on June 26, 1956 in Wheeler. Allen was a resident of Hemphill County for his entire life. He was a veteran serving in the US Army during the Korean War, where he was drafted to Germany and served in the 504th AAA Operations Detachment. He had worked in farming and ranching his entire life outside of the military and it is what he truly loved to do. He served on the Boer Goat Association Board and was the first man to bring Boar goats to the Texas Panhandle. Allen also served as a Briscoe School Board member.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and 2 brothers, and 3 sisters.
Survivors include his wife, Barbra Meadows of Briscoe; 1 daughter, Brenda and her husband Ernie Wood of Colorado City, Texas; 2 sons, Mike and his wife Rolanda Meadows and Mark and his wife Mandy Meadows, both from Briscoe, Texas; 7 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren.
The family asks that donations be made to the Briscoe Volunteer Fire Department or Cornerstone Church in Wheeler.
(Published by Robertson Funeral Directors, Friday, June 21, 2019)
Allen Elvin "Sam" Meadows
February 26, 1930 - June 19, 2019
Allen Elvin “Sam” Meadows, 89, of Briscoe, died Wednesday, June 19, 2019, in Canadian, Texas.
Services will be 3:00 PM, Sunday, June 23, 2019 at Cornerstone in Wheeler with Pastor Erron Mercer, officiating. Burial will follow in the Wheeler Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Robertson Funeral Directors in Wheeler on Saturday, June 22, 2019, 5:00-6:30PM.
Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Wheeler.
Sam was born February 26, 1930 in Wheeler, Texas to Gertrude Cole and Allen Meadows. He was the first baby to be born in the Wheeler Hospital, or what is now the current Townsquare Inn. He married Barbara Mitchell on June 26, 1956 in Wheeler. Allen was a resident of Hemphill County for his entire life. He was a veteran serving in the US Army during the Korean War, where he was drafted to Germany and served in the 504th AAA Operations Detachment. He had worked in farming and ranching his entire life outside of the military and it is what he truly loved to do. He served on the Boer Goat Association Board and was the first man to bring Boar goats to the Texas Panhandle. Allen also served as a Briscoe School Board member.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and 2 brothers, and 3 sisters.
Survivors include his wife, Barbra Meadows of Briscoe; 1 daughter, Brenda and her husband Ernie Wood of Colorado City, Texas; 2 sons, Mike and his wife Rolanda Meadows and Mark and his wife Mandy Meadows, both from Briscoe, Texas; 7 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren.
The family asks that donations be made to the Briscoe Volunteer Fire Department or Cornerstone Church in Wheeler.
(Published by Robertson Funeral Directors, Friday, June 21, 2019)
February 26, 1930 - June 19, 2019
Allen Elvin “Sam” Meadows, 89, of Briscoe, died Wednesday, June 19, 2019, in Canadian, Texas.
Services will be 3:00 PM, Sunday, June 23, 2019 at Cornerstone in Wheeler with Pastor Erron Mercer, officiating. Burial will follow in the Wheeler Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Robertson Funeral Directors in Wheeler on Saturday, June 22, 2019, 5:00-6:30PM.
Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Wheeler.
Sam was born February 26, 1930 in Wheeler, Texas to Gertrude Cole and Allen Meadows. He was the first baby to be born in the Wheeler Hospital, or what is now the current Townsquare Inn. He married Barbara Mitchell on June 26, 1956 in Wheeler. Allen was a resident of Hemphill County for his entire life. He was a veteran serving in the US Army during the Korean War, where he was drafted to Germany and served in the 504th AAA Operations Detachment. He had worked in farming and ranching his entire life outside of the military and it is what he truly loved to do. He served on the Boer Goat Association Board and was the first man to bring Boar goats to the Texas Panhandle. Allen also served as a Briscoe School Board member.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and 2 brothers, and 3 sisters.
Survivors include his wife, Barbra Meadows of Briscoe; 1 daughter, Brenda and her husband Ernie Wood of Colorado City, Texas; 2 sons, Mike and his wife Rolanda Meadows and Mark and his wife Mandy Meadows, both from Briscoe, Texas; 7 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren.
The family asks that donations be made to the Briscoe Volunteer Fire Department or Cornerstone Church in Wheeler.
(Published by Robertson Funeral Directors, Friday, June 21, 2019)
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