John Meeks died at Battey State Hospital located in Rome, Georgia in March of 1953 from tuberculosis. Clergymen Rev. Jesse Howell and Rev. Garland Odom officiated. His eight sons served as pallbearers at his funeral.
He was born in Carroll County, and was listed as a textile worker on his death certificate.
cmduffey
7/2014
He was very mechanical and could make and repair clocks...very smart.
parents were Joseph Henry (Judge) Meeks and
Mary Elizabeth "Beth" Cash Meeks
grandparents were Sidney Meeks and
Nancy Cash Meeks
Nancy Cash Meeks' parents were
John and Nancy McDowell Cash
siblings:
Raymond (deaf/mute never married)
Henry Buford Meeks
Pearl M. Defnall
Millard Meeks
Lillie M. Wellborn (Wellburn)
her daughter Mozelle
Pearl Defnall's children:
Hubert
Myrtle Lou
Dorothy Faye (also buried at Antioch with marker)
Bishop and Poe Funeral Home of Fairburn
in charge of John Sidney Meeks' arrangements.
As you stand at the front door of the church,
straight across the road, next to the road is
the grave of John Sidney Meeks, beside him is son Charles; nearby is Dorothy Faye Defnall (niece) and unmarked graves beside Charles...
Wellborn/Wellburn graves Lilly his sister, her husband and sons and unmarked graves toward the back of the cemetery
a little to the left of his grave.
Info on funeral home Bishop and Poe from fb:
Yes, and from what I understand, Bishop and Poe also ran the ambulance service. They would load up a person in the Hurst and roar up Highway 29 on the way to Grady Hospital running a red revolving light and siren. That worked well until a car pulled out in front of them and I think it killed the patient. No details on who the patient was.
Sandra Smith Rozes
Know about Bishop
and Poe. Are you sure you got the names right?
(asked about Bishop and Shaw)
Joe Cook
At one time there was Bishop & Poe in Fairburn.
Sid Brown
Author
Moderator
I'm sure Bishop & Shaw existed! Here's one of their air-conditioners! (humor here) Serious folks I need whatever true info you have. Thanks! pic of fan
Sid Brown
Author
Moderator
OCCHS has the Bishop & Poe records. Bishop & Shaw (my Uncle) were before Bishop & Poe. Bishop & Shaw rushed Sheriff T.W. Camp to Grady, after he was shot 3x's by Negro, Fred Griffin. Bishop & Shaw ran a 1929 Studebaker hearse. Reported top speed 55mph "wide open- siren sounding"
John Meeks died at Battey State Hospital located in Rome, Georgia in March of 1953 from tuberculosis. Clergymen Rev. Jesse Howell and Rev. Garland Odom officiated. His eight sons served as pallbearers at his funeral.
He was born in Carroll County, and was listed as a textile worker on his death certificate.
cmduffey
7/2014
He was very mechanical and could make and repair clocks...very smart.
parents were Joseph Henry (Judge) Meeks and
Mary Elizabeth "Beth" Cash Meeks
grandparents were Sidney Meeks and
Nancy Cash Meeks
Nancy Cash Meeks' parents were
John and Nancy McDowell Cash
siblings:
Raymond (deaf/mute never married)
Henry Buford Meeks
Pearl M. Defnall
Millard Meeks
Lillie M. Wellborn (Wellburn)
her daughter Mozelle
Pearl Defnall's children:
Hubert
Myrtle Lou
Dorothy Faye (also buried at Antioch with marker)
Bishop and Poe Funeral Home of Fairburn
in charge of John Sidney Meeks' arrangements.
As you stand at the front door of the church,
straight across the road, next to the road is
the grave of John Sidney Meeks, beside him is son Charles; nearby is Dorothy Faye Defnall (niece) and unmarked graves beside Charles...
Wellborn/Wellburn graves Lilly his sister, her husband and sons and unmarked graves toward the back of the cemetery
a little to the left of his grave.
Info on funeral home Bishop and Poe from fb:
Yes, and from what I understand, Bishop and Poe also ran the ambulance service. They would load up a person in the Hurst and roar up Highway 29 on the way to Grady Hospital running a red revolving light and siren. That worked well until a car pulled out in front of them and I think it killed the patient. No details on who the patient was.
Sandra Smith Rozes
Know about Bishop
and Poe. Are you sure you got the names right?
(asked about Bishop and Shaw)
Joe Cook
At one time there was Bishop & Poe in Fairburn.
Sid Brown
Author
Moderator
I'm sure Bishop & Shaw existed! Here's one of their air-conditioners! (humor here) Serious folks I need whatever true info you have. Thanks! pic of fan
Sid Brown
Author
Moderator
OCCHS has the Bishop & Poe records. Bishop & Shaw (my Uncle) were before Bishop & Poe. Bishop & Shaw rushed Sheriff T.W. Camp to Grady, after he was shot 3x's by Negro, Fred Griffin. Bishop & Shaw ran a 1929 Studebaker hearse. Reported top speed 55mph "wide open- siren sounding"
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