Daddy's Obituary
Here is Daddy's obituary...
Guy (Buddy) Atkinson Meador, Jr. , age 74, died March 26, 2010 at Providence Hospital in Columbia. He was the son of the late Guy A. Meador, Sr. and Cora Hudspeth Meador of Chester.
A funeral service will be held 4:00 PM Monday, March 29, 2010 at First Baptist Church, Chester with Reverend Clay Waldrip officiating. Interment will be held in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM Sunday evening at Barron Funeral Home.
He was a graduate of Chester High School and the University of South Carolina. He did graduate study in YMCA Administration at Springfield (MA) College.
A deacon of the Baptist Church, he was active as a Sunday School teacher, choir member, and youth committee member at several Baptist churches in South Carolina.
His last membership was at First Baptist Church, Chester, where he originated "The Harbingers," a Christian initiative assisting men being released from prison. He was also a member of Campers on Mission of South Carolina.
He enjoyed hunting, fishing, sailing, and gardening with his family and friends. In his youth he was a corpsman in the Naval Reserve. He was a charter member of the Chester Fire District Commission, a school board member for two terms, and he was commissioned as a State Constable.
During his career he was a teacher and coach, recreation director, YMCA General Secretary, and special schools and curriculum development manager for State Technical and Comprehensive Education. In industry he held the positions of personnel manager, general manager, sales representative, and district sales manager. He retired from the State Correctional System where he was a case worker and recreational manager.
He is survived by his wife, Sally Banks Meador of the home; a daughter, Sara Lee Meador Drawdy, and her husband, Wes, of Greenville, SC; a son, Guy A. Meador III, and his wife, Maureen, of Suwanee, GA; a son, H. Banks Meador, and his wife, Kara, of Leesville, SC; eight grandchildren: Sally, Ellen, Cora, Janet, Fiona, Dalton, Evan, and Cooper; and a number of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by three sisters, Norma Skeels, Doris Little, and Beth Hoyle. He is survived by a sister, Ellen Burnette of Charlotte, NC.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, PO Box 518, Chester, SC 29706
A funeral service will be held 4:00 PM Monday, March 29, 2010 at First Baptist Church, Chester with Reverend Clay Waldrip officiating. Interment will be held in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM Sunday evening at Barron Funeral Home.
He was a graduate of Chester High School and the University of South Carolina. He did graduate study in YMCA Administration at Springfield (MA) College.
A deacon of the Baptist Church, he was active as a Sunday School teacher, choir member, and youth committee member at several Baptist churches in South Carolina.
His last membership was at First Baptist Church, Chester, where he originated "The Harbingers," a Christian initiative assisting men being released from prison. He was also a member of Campers on Mission of South Carolina.
He enjoyed hunting, fishing, sailing, and gardening with his family and friends. In his youth he was a corpsman in the Naval Reserve. He was a charter member of the Chester Fire District Commission, a school board member for two terms, and he was commissioned as a State Constable.
During his career he was a teacher and coach, recreation director, YMCA General Secretary, and special schools and curriculum development manager for State Technical and Comprehensive Education. In industry he held the positions of personnel manager, general manager, sales representative, and district sales manager. He retired from the State Correctional System where he was a case worker and recreational manager.
He is survived by his wife, Sally Banks Meador of the home; a daughter, Sara Lee Meador Drawdy, and her husband, Wes, of Greenville, SC; a son, Guy A. Meador III, and his wife, Maureen, of Suwanee, GA; a son, H. Banks Meador, and his wife, Kara, of Leesville, SC; eight grandchildren: Sally, Ellen, Cora, Janet, Fiona, Dalton, Evan, and Cooper; and a number of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by three sisters, Norma Skeels, Doris Little, and Beth Hoyle. He is survived by a sister, Ellen Burnette of Charlotte, NC.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, PO Box 518, Chester, SC 29706