Ellen
Ellen Meadows
d. December 19, 2011
Mrs. Ellen Meadows, age 81, loving wife, mother and grandmother, passed away at her home on Monday, December 19, 2011. She was born in Buchanan County , Virginia and had lived in Oakwood , Virginia before moving to Abingdon twenty years ago. She was a homemaker and a member of Holston Valley Baptist Church .
She was preceded in death by: her parents, John Henry and Nancy Viers Owens; brothers Clayton, Aven and Clinton Owens; sisters Hattie Looney, Merle Owens and Cleo Looney; son Larry Edwards; daughter Diana Hale; granddaughter Jessica Edwards; and grandson Alex Meadows.
Mrs. Meadows is survived by her beloved husband, Parlie Alfred Meadows, to whom she would have been married sixty years on February 27, 2012. She is also survived by one son, Gary Meadows of Oakwood; four daughters: Lana Ward and husband James of Abingdon; Connie McCoy and husband Richard of Raven, VA; Janey Sanders and husband Jerry of Abingdon; and Gail Smith and husband Keith of Cedar Bluff, VA; three sisters: Clara Looney of Bristol, VA; Evelyn Davis Wimmer of Whitewood, VA; and Pat Viers and husband Fayne of Vansant, VA; nine grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
The funeral service for Mrs. Meadows will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, December 22, 2011, in the Main Street Chapel of Farris Funeral Service with Rev. Paul Ketron officiating. Burial will follow at Greenhills Memory Gardens in Claypool Hill , VA. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday, December 21, 2011, from 7:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Those wishing to express sympathy online may do so by visiting www.farrisfuneralservice.com
. The family of Mrs. Ellen Meadows is under the care of Farris Funeral Service and Crematory, 427 East Main Street , Abingdon , VA 24210 (276-623-2700).
She was preceded in death by: her parents, John Henry and Nancy Viers Owens; brothers Clayton, Aven and Clinton Owens; sisters Hattie Looney, Merle Owens and Cleo Looney; son Larry Edwards; daughter Diana Hale; granddaughter Jessica Edwards; and grandson Alex Meadows.
Mrs. Meadows is survived by her beloved husband, Parlie Alfred Meadows, to whom she would have been married sixty years on February 27, 2012. She is also survived by one son, Gary Meadows of Oakwood; four daughters: Lana Ward and husband James of Abingdon; Connie McCoy and husband Richard of Raven, VA; Janey Sanders and husband Jerry of Abingdon; and Gail Smith and husband Keith of Cedar Bluff, VA; three sisters: Clara Looney of Bristol, VA; Evelyn Davis Wimmer of Whitewood, VA; and Pat Viers and husband Fayne of Vansant, VA; nine grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
The funeral service for Mrs. Meadows will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, December 22, 2011, in the Main Street Chapel of Farris Funeral Service with Rev. Paul Ketron officiating. Burial will follow at Greenhills Memory Gardens in Claypool Hill , VA. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday, December 21, 2011, from 7:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Those wishing to express sympathy online may do so by visiting www.farrisfuneralservice.com
. The family of Mrs. Ellen Meadows is under the care of Farris Funeral Service and Crematory, 427 East Main Street , Abingdon , VA 24210 (276-623-2700).
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