Ernie E. Meachum (Lebanon)'s Obituary
Ernie Eugene Meachum, son of Frank Samuel Meachum, Jr. and Louise Birthright Meachum, was born May 17, 1934, in Lebanon, Missouri. He departed this life Sunday, May 11, 2014, in Christian Health and Rehabilitation Center North, in Lebanon, Missouri, at the age of seventy-nine years, eleven months, and twenty-four days.
He was united in marriage to Linda Joyce Wright for twenty-nine years.
He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, Robert, Kenneth, Phil, and William Meachum; and a sister, Thelma Roper.
Ernie is survived by his wife, Linda, of the home; four sons, Andre Wilson, and his wife, Sheila, of Durham, North Carolina, Heathel E. Meachum, and his wife, Karen, of Springfield, Missouri, Tom Jones, III, and his wife, Cindy, of Titusville, Florida, and Offord A. Jones, and his wife, Dana, of Kansas City, Missouri; five daughters, Anita Meachum, of Moberly, Missouri, Marva J. Meachum, of Columbia, Missouri, Felicia Hambric, Connie Dyer, and her husband, Nelson, both of Louisville, Kentucky, and Scarlette Jones, of Chicago, Illinois; a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren; three sisters, Kathleen Nobles, Betty Best, and her husband, Robert, and Oreatha Joubert, all of Lebanon, a special friend, Charmain White, of the State of Illinois; as well as a host of other relatives and friends.
He was born and raised in the Lebanon area, and graduated from W. T. Vernon High School. He served his country faithfully in the United States Navy. He then returned to the Lebanon area, where he began working in the wholesale car business.
Ernie was a charter member of Mount Lebanon United Methodist Church in Lebanon.
He enjoyed raising Foxtrotter and Tennessee Walking horses and was a member of the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders Association. He possessed a keen sense of humor, was a great storyteller, and never met a stranger. He liked watching western movies and loved riding horses and attending horse shows. His family was always very important to him and he especially enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Ernie was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle, and was a caring neighbor and friend. We celebrate his life and his accomplishments and know that his family and friends will treasure the wonderful memories he made for them during his seventy-nine years.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society and left at the funeral home.
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