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DATE: SATURDAY, November 20, 1993                   TAG: 9311240250
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: DANVILLE                                LENGTH: Short

OBIT MEADE, EDWIN BAYLIES

MEADE, Edwin Baylies, 96, of Danville, died Friday, November 19, 1993, in Roman Eagle Memorial Home. He was a prominent trial lawyer in Danville for over 50 years. Mr. Meade was born in Danville on October 30, 1896, the only son of Julian Meade and Bessie Edmunds Bouldin Meade. He and Madeline Read of Middleboro, Mass. were married in 1923. She died in 1981. Mr. Meade was an active member of the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany in Danville. Except during his service as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy in World War I, Mr. Meade spend his entire life in Danville. He received his B.A. and LL.B. from the University of Virginia in 1920. He was a past member of the Danville Bar Association, the Virginia Bar Association, the Virginia State Bar, and the American Bar Association. He is survived by three children, Edwin Baylies Meade Jr., Richmond, Frank Opie Meade, Danville, and Mrs. Elizabeth Meade Hastings, Woodstock, Ga., as well as seven grandchildren. A graveside service will be held at Green Hill Cemetery on Sunday, November 21, 1993, at 3:30 p.m., with the Rev. James Mathieson officiating. The family is at the residence of Frank O. Meade, (169 Stratford Place, Danville). Townes Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. 


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