by Archana Subramaniam by CNB
Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: TUESDAY, February 16, 1993 TAG: 9302160295 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: BEDFORD LENGTH: Medium
OBIT MEADOR, CHARLES RAYMOND
MEADOR, Charles Raymond, 81, of Bedford, died Sunday, February 14, 1993 in the Virginia Baptist Hospital, Lynchburg. A lifelong resident of Bedford, he was born on January 15, 1912 in Bedford County, a son of the late Samuel Henry Meador and Elizabeth Anderson Meador. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marion Goode Meador and a brother, William Paschal Meador. Mr. Meador was a member of the Bedford Baptist Church for over sixty years, where he served as Sunday School secretary for forty-two years. He was a member of the Bedford Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge #1897 and the Elks Lodge #321. He retired from the Exxon Corporation after thirty years of employment, and in his retirement he held part-time jobs at Updike Funeral Home and Bedford County Memorial Hospital. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Raymond Maxwell and Jacqueline Harper Meador, Lynchburg; grandchildren, Raymond Maxwell Meador Jr. and wife, Elizabeth Kay Meador, Nashville, Tenn., Kimberley Meador Jennings and husband, Arthur Ryland Jennings, Manakin, Virginia; one sister, Frances Meador Layman and husband, Thomas, Bedford; numerous nephews, nieces and in-laws, and special friends, Margaret, Paul, ("Chip") and ("Nicki") Sherman, Bedford. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, February 18, 1993 at 2 p.m. from the Updike Funeral Chapel, by Dr. Ron R. Blankenship and Rev. Wayne Murphy. Interment will follow in the Oakwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Updike Funeral Home, and other times at the residence of his son. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to Bedford Baptist Church, Virginia Episcopal School, or a charity of your choice. Updike Funeral Home, Bedford is in charge of arrangements.