Norma was the daughter of Frank McCoy, b. 1864 in Kentucky to Scottish emigrants, and Mary Stone, daughter of Jacob Stone of Boston. Mary died in 1898 and Norma was raised by a step-mother, Dorothy (Ross) MacCoy.
Her brother, Carleton Stone MacCoy, married her niece, Catherine Ella Patterson, late in life.
Norma married Paoli Ashe Meriwether on 23 Dec 1916 in Clarksville; they were the parents of one daughter, Norma.
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The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville, Tennessee), 8 August 1982, Sunday
Memorial Services Scheduled Today For Conservation Pioneer Meriwether
Norma McCoy Meriwether, 90, died Saturday in Memorial Hospital following an illness of several months.
Memorial services were to be at 3 p.m. today at Trinity Episcopal Church with the Rev. Peter W. Peters officiating.
She donated her body to Vanderbilt University for medical research.
Mrs. Meriwether, a resident of Trenton Road, was known for her early work in the development of lespedeza as a crop in the South.
A native of Chicago, Ill., she was born Aug. 27, 1893, a daughter of the late Frank and Mary Stone McCoy and stepdaughter of Dorothy Ross McCoy.
She was the widow of Paoli Ashe Meriwether, who she married Dec. 23, 1916.
Together, they were among pioneers here in soil conservation and the development of lespedeza as a crop to fight soil erosion and soil depletion on their Eupedon Farm on Trenton Road.
In the 1930s, she and a group of Montgomery County farm and business leaders barnstormed five states promoting the advantages of Korean lespedeza.
She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church.
Survivors include a brother, Carlton McCoy, Trenton, Ky.; a sister, Mrs. H.A. Strauss, McIntosh, Fla.; and five grandchildren.
In lieu of other remembrances, the family requests memorials be made to the Meriwether Scholarship Fund at the University of the South, Sewanee, or to preferred charities.
∼TMSI [2717]: M1221* and M124 — Spouse
Her brother, Carleton Stone MacCoy, married her niece, Catherine Ella Patterson, late in life.
Norma married Paoli Ashe Meriwether on 23 Dec 1916 in Clarksville; they were the parents of one daughter, Norma.
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The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville, Tennessee), 8 August 1982, Sunday
Memorial Services Scheduled Today For Conservation Pioneer Meriwether
Norma McCoy Meriwether, 90, died Saturday in Memorial Hospital following an illness of several months.
Memorial services were to be at 3 p.m. today at Trinity Episcopal Church with the Rev. Peter W. Peters officiating.
She donated her body to Vanderbilt University for medical research.
Mrs. Meriwether, a resident of Trenton Road, was known for her early work in the development of lespedeza as a crop in the South.
A native of Chicago, Ill., she was born Aug. 27, 1893, a daughter of the late Frank and Mary Stone McCoy and stepdaughter of Dorothy Ross McCoy.
She was the widow of Paoli Ashe Meriwether, who she married Dec. 23, 1916.
Together, they were among pioneers here in soil conservation and the development of lespedeza as a crop to fight soil erosion and soil depletion on their Eupedon Farm on Trenton Road.
In the 1930s, she and a group of Montgomery County farm and business leaders barnstormed five states promoting the advantages of Korean lespedeza.
She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church.
Survivors include a brother, Carlton McCoy, Trenton, Ky.; a sister, Mrs. H.A. Strauss, McIntosh, Fla.; and five grandchildren.
In lieu of other remembrances, the family requests memorials be made to the Meriwether Scholarship Fund at the University of the South, Sewanee, or to preferred charities.
∼TMSI [2717]: M1221* and M124 — Spouse
Norma was the daughter of Frank McCoy, b. 1864 in Kentucky to Scottish emigrants, and Mary Stone, daughter of Jacob Stone of Boston. Mary died in 1898 and Norma was raised by a step-mother, Dorothy (Ross) MacCoy.
Her brother, Carleton Stone MacCoy, married her niece, Catherine Ella Patterson, late in life.
Norma married Paoli Ashe Meriwether on 23 Dec 1916 in Clarksville; they were the parents of one daughter, Norma.
—————
The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville, Tennessee), 8 August 1982, Sunday
Memorial Services Scheduled Today For Conservation Pioneer Meriwether
Norma McCoy Meriwether, 90, died Saturday in Memorial Hospital following an illness of several months.
Memorial services were to be at 3 p.m. today at Trinity Episcopal Church with the Rev. Peter W. Peters officiating.
She donated her body to Vanderbilt University for medical research.
Mrs. Meriwether, a resident of Trenton Road, was known for her early work in the development of lespedeza as a crop in the South.
A native of Chicago, Ill., she was born Aug. 27, 1893, a daughter of the late Frank and Mary Stone McCoy and stepdaughter of Dorothy Ross McCoy.
She was the widow of Paoli Ashe Meriwether, who she married Dec. 23, 1916.
Together, they were among pioneers here in soil conservation and the development of lespedeza as a crop to fight soil erosion and soil depletion on their Eupedon Farm on Trenton Road.
In the 1930s, she and a group of Montgomery County farm and business leaders barnstormed five states promoting the advantages of Korean lespedeza.
She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church.
Survivors include a brother, Carlton McCoy, Trenton, Ky.; a sister, Mrs. H.A. Strauss, McIntosh, Fla.; and five grandchildren.
In lieu of other remembrances, the family requests memorials be made to the Meriwether Scholarship Fund at the University of the South, Sewanee, or to preferred charities.
∼TMSI [2717]: M1221* and M124 — Spouse
Her brother, Carleton Stone MacCoy, married her niece, Catherine Ella Patterson, late in life.
Norma married Paoli Ashe Meriwether on 23 Dec 1916 in Clarksville; they were the parents of one daughter, Norma.
—————
The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville, Tennessee), 8 August 1982, Sunday
Memorial Services Scheduled Today For Conservation Pioneer Meriwether
Norma McCoy Meriwether, 90, died Saturday in Memorial Hospital following an illness of several months.
Memorial services were to be at 3 p.m. today at Trinity Episcopal Church with the Rev. Peter W. Peters officiating.
She donated her body to Vanderbilt University for medical research.
Mrs. Meriwether, a resident of Trenton Road, was known for her early work in the development of lespedeza as a crop in the South.
A native of Chicago, Ill., she was born Aug. 27, 1893, a daughter of the late Frank and Mary Stone McCoy and stepdaughter of Dorothy Ross McCoy.
She was the widow of Paoli Ashe Meriwether, who she married Dec. 23, 1916.
Together, they were among pioneers here in soil conservation and the development of lespedeza as a crop to fight soil erosion and soil depletion on their Eupedon Farm on Trenton Road.
In the 1930s, she and a group of Montgomery County farm and business leaders barnstormed five states promoting the advantages of Korean lespedeza.
She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church.
Survivors include a brother, Carlton McCoy, Trenton, Ky.; a sister, Mrs. H.A. Strauss, McIntosh, Fla.; and five grandchildren.
In lieu of other remembrances, the family requests memorials be made to the Meriwether Scholarship Fund at the University of the South, Sewanee, or to preferred charities.
∼TMSI [2717]: M1221* and M124 — Spouse
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