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Rev John Walton Meriwether

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Rev John Walton Meriwether

Birth
Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
Death
24 Sep 1979 (aged 84)
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Services for the Rev. John W. Meriweather, 84, Oak Grove, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Christian County with the Rev. Richard L. White officiating Burial will be in Cave Spring Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 8 until 9 tonight at Hooker Funeral Home in Clarksville, Tenn.
Mr. Meriweather died Friday at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. after an illness.

A Montgomery County, Tenn., native he was born Aug. 22, 1895, the son of James and Sally Perkins Meriweather. He was a retired minister, having held pastorates at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Cadiz. McCarroll Hill Baptist Church in Christian County, and Cabin Row Baptist Church in Montgomery County.

He was a member of Middle Tennesse and Cumberland River Baptist associations.

Survivors include his wife, Elnora G. Dennis Meriweather; four sons, Charlie G., Alonzo and Alingo, all of Oak Grove, and Jerry O. Meriweather, Hopkinsville; three daughters, Cynthia Reeves, Indianapolis, Ind., Rosa Anderson, Clarksville, and Gracie Quarles, this city; a sister, Corine Outlaw, St. Louis, Mo.; 17 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Services for the Rev. John W. Meriweather, 84, Oak Grove, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Christian County with the Rev. Richard L. White officiating Burial will be in Cave Spring Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 8 until 9 tonight at Hooker Funeral Home in Clarksville, Tenn.
Mr. Meriweather died Friday at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. after an illness.

A Montgomery County, Tenn., native he was born Aug. 22, 1895, the son of James and Sally Perkins Meriweather. He was a retired minister, having held pastorates at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Cadiz. McCarroll Hill Baptist Church in Christian County, and Cabin Row Baptist Church in Montgomery County.

He was a member of Middle Tennesse and Cumberland River Baptist associations.

Survivors include his wife, Elnora G. Dennis Meriweather; four sons, Charlie G., Alonzo and Alingo, all of Oak Grove, and Jerry O. Meriweather, Hopkinsville; three daughters, Cynthia Reeves, Indianapolis, Ind., Rosa Anderson, Clarksville, and Gracie Quarles, this city; a sister, Corine Outlaw, St. Louis, Mo.; 17 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.


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  • Added: Jul 13, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93560120/john_walton-meriwether: accessed ), memorial page for Rev John Walton Meriwether (22 Aug 1895–24 Sep 1979), Find a Grave Memorial ID 93560120, citing Cave Springs Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Terri (contributor 47548074).