William Banks Meacham

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  • Name William Banks Meacham 
    Born 19 Sep 1853 
    Gender Male 
    Died 27 Nov 1915  Bacon Level, Randolph, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    • Obituary for William Banks Meacham, Randolph, Alabama

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      MR. W. B. MEACHAM DIED SUDDENLY
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      Nov. 29—Saturday at 1 p.m. Mr. W. B. MEACHAM, a prominent citizen of this section, was
      stricken with sudden death at his home near Lime, while sitting in his chair. We feel that
      our community has lost one of its best citizens. He was 62 years old, and leaves a wife and
      several grown children. His remains were carried to Bacon Level Sunday afternoon and laid to
      rest with Masonic honors, after a discourse by Rev. E. M. GLENN. A large congregation was
      present.

      [From The Roanoke Leader (Randolph County, Alabama), 1 December 1915, p.1]

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      A CARD
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      To those friends who were so generously kind in their ministrations to us during the
      hours of our sudden and dark bereavement, we wish in this way to express in a measure the
      appreciation that fills our hearts. We feel the weakness and meaninglessness of mere words
      in this expression, but it is our wish that each one be the especial object of our Heavenly
      Father’s mercies both in this life and the life to come. The husband and father for whom we
      mourn will be happy to greet you all on that fair shore to which he has gone.

      Mrs. W. B. MEACHAM and Children.

      [From The Roanoke Leader (Randolph County, Alabama), 8 December 1915, p.1]

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      IN MEMORY
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      Of William Banks MEACHAM, who was born Sept. 19, 1853, and died Nov. 27, 1915.
      To the Worshipful Master, Wardens and Brothers of our Sister Lodges: It is with a heart full
      of sadness that we officially announce to you that on the 27th of Nov., 1915, our beloved
      brother, William B. MEACHAM, received the summons which called him before our Supreme Grand
      Master to give an account of his stewardship.
      William B. MEACHAM was a devout member of the M. E. [Methodist Episcopal] Church, South,
      and had raised a large family to the age of accountability, which our country is proud of.
      Brother MEACHAM had been a Master Mason for 37 years according to his record. He was initiated
      March 25, 1878, passed April 9, 1878, raised April 27, 1878, and these words were his daily
      prayer. “Supreme Grand Master, set my footsteps by the plumb, keeping my heart by the square,
      give strength that I may always be as near as mortal can, the dual type of excellence, a
      Mason and man.”
      Given under our hands and the seal of Rock Mills Lodge, No. 353, A. F. and A. M.

      A. J. PIKE, W. M. [Worshipful Master]
      C. V. ATKINSON, Sec.[retary]

      [From The Roanoke Leader (Randolph County, Alabama), 29 December 1915, p.1]

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      William Banks MEACHAM, 19 September 1853-27 November 1915,
      S. E. MEACHAM, his wife, born and died?,
      Fletcher MEACHAM, 12 January 1886-14 August 1900, his son.

      There is no marked grave for William B. MEACHAM in Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery,
      Bacon Level, Randolph County, Alabama.

      However, there are three unmarked graves next to the marked grave of Fletcher MEACHAM;
      two of these are probably the graves of W. B. and S. E. MEACHAM.
    Person ID I1686  Extended Families of Childress
    Last Modified 8 Jun 2020 

    Father Robert Bartlett Meacham,   b. 21 Sep 1806, Buncombe, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1886, Rock Mills, Randolph, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Nancy Elizabeth Reynolds,   b. 7 Jun 1830, Fairburn, Fayette Co GA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1911  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 17 Sep 1846  Meriwether or Troup Co GA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F602  Group Sheet

    Family Sarah Evaline Ussery,   b. 1 May 1851, Randolph, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1923, Randolph Co., AL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 3 Dec 1874 
    Children 
     1. William Thomas Meacham,   b. 28 May 1878, Randolph Co AL Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 1955, Randolph Co., AL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     2. Lenora "Nora" Meacham,   b. 14 Feb 1879, Randolph Co., AL Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1963  (Age 84 years)
     3. Frances Leola Meacham,   b. 14 Dec 1883, Randolph Co AL Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Lemuel Vernon Meacham,   b. 25 Aug 1888, Randolph Co AL Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1952  (Age 63 years)
     5. Robert Milton Meacham,   b. 30 Sep 1890,   d. 18 Jan 1972, Randolph Co., AL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     6. John Henry Meacham,   b. 26 Sep 1892, Randolph Co AL Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Ila Princess Meacham,   b. 16 Sep 1881, Bacon Level, AL Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1973, Roanoke, Randolph, AL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     8. Odus Fletcher Meacham,   b. 12 Jan 1886,   d. 14 Aug 1900  (Age 14 years)
    Last Modified 8 Jun 2020 
    Family ID F603  Group Sheet