JAKE M. MEADOWS, 73, OF DANVILLE DIED ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1998 AT BOONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, MADISON, AFTER A LONG ILLNESS.
HE WAS A RETIRED INSTRUMENT TECHNICIAN AT FMC, SOUTH CHARLESTON WITH 32 YEARS OF SERVICE, A LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF LINCOLN COUNTY, A MEMBER OF EDEN BAPTIST CHURCH, GRIFFITHSVILLE, HE ATTENDED SYCAMORE GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH, ALKOL, HE WAS A WWII ARMY VETERAN WHERE HE SERVED AS A PARATROOPER WITH THE 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION AND WAS A PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS: 1 SON: MIKE MEADOWS OF HUNTINGTON, WV; 1 DAUGHTER: DEBBIE POWELL OF DANVILLE, Y1V; 3 SISTERS: CRETE FERRELL OF CEREDO KENOVA, WV; ARMINTA ANTILL OF ALKOL, WV; JACKIE SUE STOWERS OF ALKOL, WV; 2 BROTHERS: BERNARD MEADOWS OF ALKOL, WV; CHARLES MEADOWS OF ALKOL, WV; 5 GRANDCHILDREN; 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT CURRY FUNERAL HOME, ALUM CREEK, ON FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1998 AT 11:00 AM WITH REV. JOHN HAGER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WITH MILITARY GRAVESIDE RITES GIVEN BY THE AMERICAN LEGION HAMLIN POST #111 WILL BE HELD IN ORCHARD HILLS MEMORY GARDENS, YAWKEY. FRIENDS MAY CALL ON THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1998 FROM 7 TO 9 PM AT THE FUNERAL HOME.