Christine Meadows: acw

1917 - 2010 (92 years)

Generation: 1

Christine Meadows was born on 5 Jun 1917 in Normantown, Toombs, Georgia, USA (daughter of Jesse Cleveland Meadows and Florence Mary Wilkes); died on 21 Apr 2010 in La Grange, Troup, Georgia, USA; was buried on 26 Apr 2010 in Shadowlawn Cemetery, LaGrange, Troup, Georgia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Name: Christine Taylor
Social Security Number: 256-28-2985
SSN issued: Bef 1951, Georgia, USA

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Died:
Christine Meadows Taylor: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice

LaGrange Daily News (GA) - April 23, 2010

Deceased Name: Christine Meadows Taylor

Mrs. Christine Meadows Taylor, age 92, of La-Grange died on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at West Georgia Hospice.

Born on June 5, 1917, in Normantown, Georgia, she was the daughter of Jesse Cleveland Meadows and Florence Wilkes Meadows. She was educated in the public schools in Vidalia, Georgia and graduated from Vidalia High School in 1934. She attended Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville and graduated from LaGrange College.

She received a Masters Degree and a Sixth Year Educational Specialist Degree from the University of Georgia.

Mrs. Taylor taught school at Marvin Yancey High School in Tombs County, Georgia and at Harwell Avenue School in the LaGrange School System.
She was the Visiting Teacher for the LaGrange School System and contributed to the founding of the School Social Workers Association of Georgia.

She was selected as the LaGrange Lions Club Servant of the Year in 1981.

She retired from the LaGrange School System in 1986.

Mrs. Taylor joined the First Baptist Church of Vidalia upon her profession of faith at the age of ten. She has been a member of the First Baptist Church of LaGrange since 1946 and was active in various ministries of the Church. She was a worker in and director of the Primary Two Children's Sunday School Department for 31 years. She served as a Trustee of the Georgia Baptist Children's Home from 1971 to 1976.

At the time of her death, she was a member of the Dorcas Sunday School Class. At First Baptist, she was a member and participant in the Women's Missionary Union, Merry Makers and the Bereavement Committee.

She participated in various civic and community activities to include being a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

She was a member of LaGrange Woman's Club where she served in various capacities to include President. She was also a member of the Roundtable Book Club and a charter member of the Pine Needle Garden Club.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death in 1987 by her husband of 46 years, James W. Taylor, and by her brother, Dr. J. C. Meadows, Jr.

She is survived by her son, John Meadows Taylor and his wife, Bit; her daughter, Julia Wilkes Taylor, both of LaGrange; and her granddaughter, Julia Dean Taylor Cleaveland and her husband, Phil, of Atlanta. She is survived by her sister, Julia M. Frerichs and her husband, Dr. C. T. Frerichs, of Beatrice, Nebraska and numerous nieces and nephews.

Additionally, she is survived by her two extraordinary and loving caregivers, Daisy Chapman and Mary Reese.

Funeral services will be held in the sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of LaGrange at 11:00 o'clock a.m. on Monday, April 26, 2010 with Reverend Malcolm Cole Davis and Reverend James Meadows officiating. Burial will follow in the Shadowlawn Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at Striffler Hamby Funeral Home in LaGrange on Sunday, April 25, 2010 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Flowers will be accepted.

However, it is the request of the family that donations be made to the Georgia Baptist Children's Home, P. O. Box 329, Palmetto, Georgia 30268 or to West Georgia Hospice, 1510 Vernon Road, LaGrange, Georgia 30240 in her memory.

Arrangements are by Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, 1010 Mooty Bridge Road, LaGrange, GA 30240 (706) 884-8636 www.shlagrange.com.

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Christine married James William Taylor on 20 Jun 1940 in Vidalia, Toombs, Georgia, USA. James was born on 4 Sep 1914 in Waresville, Heard, Georgia, USA; died on 8 Sep 1987 in La Grange, Troup, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Generation: 2

Jesse Cleveland Meadows was born on 30 Jan 1884 in Johnson, Georgia, USA; died on 5 Dec 1977 in La Grange, Troup, Georgia, USA.

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Death Certificate No.: Certificate number: 040684.
SSN issued: Missouri, USA
Residence: Troup, Georgia, USA
Social Security Number: 494-07-3387

Jesse married Florence Mary Wilkes on 18 Aug 1915 in Blair, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA. Florence (daughter of Thomas W Wilkes, Jr and Julia Malinda Yongue) was born on 22 Jul 1888 in Fairfield, South Carolina, USA; died on 25 Jan 1974 in La Grange, Troup, Georgia, USA; was buried in Pinecrest Cemetery, Vidalia, Toombs, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Florence Mary Wilkes was born on 22 Jul 1888 in Fairfield, South Carolina, USA (daughter of Thomas W Wilkes, Jr and Julia Malinda Yongue); died on 25 Jan 1974 in La Grange, Troup, Georgia, USA; was buried in Pinecrest Cemetery, Vidalia, Toombs, Georgia, USA.

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Death Certificate No.: Certificate number: 005560.
SSN issued: Georgia, USA
Name: Florence W Meadows
Residence: Troup, Georgia, USA
Social Security Number: 256-26-1225
Residence: 1900, Township 13, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA

Children:

1. Christine Meadows was born on 5 Jun 1917 in Normantown, Toombs, Georgia, USA; died on 21 Apr 2010 in La Grange, Troup, Georgia, USA; was buried on 26 Apr 2010 in Shadowlawn Cemetery, LaGrange, Troup, Georgia, USA.
Doctor Jesse Cleveland Meadows, Jr was born on 14 Jul 1918 in Normantown, Toombs, Georgia, USA; died on 10 May 2006 in Auburn, Lee, Alabama, USA; was buried in Garden Hills Cemetery, Opelika, Lee, Alabama, USA.
Julia Frances Meadows was born on 5 Jul 1920 in Normantown, Toombs, Georgia, USA; died on 2 Apr 2016 in Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, USA; was buried on 9 Apr 2016 in Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA.

Generation: 3

Thomas W Wilkes, Jr was born on 18 Oct 1845 in Chester, South Carolina, USA (son of Thomas W Wilkes and Sarah Crosby); died on 22 Oct 1892 in Fairfield, South Carolina, USA; was buried in Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA.

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Military: South Carolina, USA
Residence: 1850, Chester, South Carolina, USA
Residence: 1860, Chester, South Carolina, USA
Residence: 1870, Baton Rouge, Chester, South Carolina, USA
Residence: 1880, Township 13, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA

Thomas married Julia Malinda Yongue on 22 Oct 1865 in Fairfield, South Carolina, USA. Julia was born on 16 Aug 1846 in Chester, South Carolina, USA; died on 27 Sep 1930 in Fairfield, South Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Julia Malinda Yongue was born on 16 Aug 1846 in Chester, South Carolina, USA; died on 27 Sep 1930 in Fairfield, South Carolina, USA.

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Name: Julia M Wilkes
Name: Julia Wilkes
Residence: 1880, Township 13, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA
Residence: 1900, Township 13, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA

Children:

William Monroe Wilkes was born on 1 Aug 1866 in Blair, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA; died on 31 May 1936 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA; was buried in Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA.
Charles Hughes Wilkes was born on 16 Sep 1869 in South Carolina, USA; died on 22 Nov 1887 in South Carolina, USA.
Richard Land Wilkes was born on 23 Mar 1871 in Chester, Chester, South Carolina, USA; died on 8 Dec 1907 in South Carolina, USA.
James Yongue Wilkes was born on 19 Jun 1873 in Chester, South Carolina, USA; died on 5 Jul 1946 in Winnsboro, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA; was buried in Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA.
Frazier Augustus Wilkes was born on 29 Sep 1875 in South Carolina, USA.
Frances Crosby Wilkes was born in 1878 in South Carolina, USA.
Thomas Broome Wilkes was born on 26 Dec 1880 in Blair, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA; died on 25 Oct 1937 in Winnsboro, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA; was buried on 27 Oct 1937 in Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA.
Robert Walker Wilkes was born on 27 Mar 1883 in Blair, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA; died on 18 Jan 1946 in Winnsboro, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA; was buried in Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA.
Feaster Wilkes was born on 19 Oct 1885 in South Carolina, USA; died on 12 Oct 1886 in South Carolina, USA.
3. Florence Mary Wilkes was born on 22 Jul 1888 in Fairfield, South Carolina, USA; died on 25 Jan 1974 in La Grange, Troup, Georgia, USA; was buried in Pinecrest Cemetery, Vidalia, Toombs, Georgia, USA.

Generation: 4

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Thomas W Wilkes was born about 1814 in Baton Rouge, Chester, South Carolina, USA (son of William Wilkes and Lydia Clark); died on 27 Jul 1870 in Fairfield, South Carolina, USA.

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Military: South Carolina, USA
Residence: 1850, Chester, South Carolina, USA
Residence: 1860, Chester, South Carolina, USA

Thomas + Sarah Crosby. Sarah was born in 1820 in South Carolina, USA; died on 1 Aug 1851 in Chester, South Carolina, USA; was buried in Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, Chester, South Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sarah Crosby was born in 1820 in South Carolina, USA; died on 1 Aug 1851 in Chester, South Carolina, USA; was buried in Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, Chester, South Carolina, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Name: Sarah Wilkes
Residence: 1850, Chester, South Carolina, USA

Children:

6. Thomas W Wilkes, Jr was born on 18 Oct 1845 in Chester, South Carolina, USA; died on 22 Oct 1892 in Fairfield, South Carolina, USA; was buried in Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA.
Mary Ann Wilkes was born on 11 Jul 1841 in Chester, South Carolina, USA; died on 20 Aug 1902; was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Gaffney, Cherokee, South Carolina, USA.
Allen Crosby Wilkes was born on 21 Oct 1842 in South Carolina, USA; died on 30 Dec 1911 in Smithville, Bastrop, Texas, USA.
William Monroe Wilkes was born in 1844 in Chester, South Carolina, USA; died on 1 Sep 1861 in Virginia, USA.
John Chesley Wilkes was born on 15 Nov 1848 in Chester, South Carolina, USA; died on 28 Apr 1917 in Winston, Mississippi, USA.
Caroline C Wilkes was born in 1849 in Chester, South Carolina, USA; died on 1 Jun 1880 in Chester, South Carolina, USA.
Harriett Wilkes was born on 1 Jan 1850 in Chester, South Carolina, USA; died on 20 Jun 1905 in Lowrys, Chester, South Carolina, USA.
Andrew Hughes Wilkes was born on 11 Jul 1851 in Chester, South Carolina, USA; died on 5 May 1903 in Winston, Mississippi, USA; was buried in Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery, Plattsburg, Winston, Mississippi, USA.