The E. A. Meadows Family
L to R: Ella Meadows Edwards, Ed Meadows, Vance Arthur Meadows, Loutitia (Sis) Meadows, Esther Meadows Edwards Notice that Ed is holding a rooster.
Sara Loutitia Rhodes was married to Charles Cornelius "Neil" Finley. They were the parents of one daughter, Ada Matt Finley. After Neil Finley's death she married Edward Allen Meadows. They were the parents of six children.
Ada Matt Finley, daughter of Charles Cornelius Finley and Sara Loutitia Rhodes was born June 30, 1869. She was married to Hillard Monroe Luker on March 18, 1892. Hillard Monroe Luker was born December 22, 1862. They were the parents of nine children, five were deceased early in life.
Elbridge W. Luker b. December 20, 1892 d. January 13, 1904
Willie Hoyt Luker b. August 8, 1899 d. July 23, 1900
Nola Armena Luker b. May 31, 1903 d. March 15, 1916
Dortha W. Luker b. April 21, 1905 d. December 21, 1906
Wilma Luker b. April 7, 1907 d. November 3, 1911
Charles Allen Luker b. March 26, 1894 d. April 3, 1955. He was married to Mattie Sue McDaniel b. November 26, 1893 d. May 8, 1977. They were the parents of one daughter, Roberta Armenta Luker d. July 7, 1955. She was married to Floyd Jackson Ewing b. January 1, 1917 d, 1984. They were the parents of four children;
Charles Jackson Ewing b. January 14, 1945
Samuel James Ewing b. April 9, 1949 married Junie ___?__
Susan Jane Ewing twin to Samuel B. April 9, 1949.
She was married to Henry Finch b. February 6, 1947. They were the parents of three children, Christopher Henry Finch b. September 21, 1972
Daniel Jackson Finch b. March 22, 1974
Deborah Sue Finch b. November 14, 1977
Conan Luker Ewing b. May 6, 1954 married Mary __?__
Hobert Uliver Luker, son of Ada Matt and Hill Luker, b. November 12, 1896 d. December 12, 1968. He was married to Lottie Turner b. October 30, 1900 d. September 25, 1979. They were the parents of three children.
Gwen Turner Luker b. October 30, 1919 d. October 9, 1991. He was married to Mary Weaver b. August 5, 1924, They were the parents of twins, deceased and one daughter Mary Gwen Luker b. October 23, 1951 and married Richard Edwin Hartley November 3, 1951. They were the parents of two children, Andrew Luker Hartley b. July 17, 1978 and Mary Catherine Hartley b. November 29, 1982. Olivia Oden Luker, daughter of Hobert and Lottie Luker, b. October 14, 1958 and married November 1, 1981 to Charles Andrew Bush. Sue Ann Luker b. December 2, 1963.
Hillard Finley (Joe) Luker, son of Ada Matt and Hillard Monroe Luker, b. February 15, 1915 d. January 2, 1990. He was married to Maibelle Holley in 1935. They were the parents of two children, a son , Finley Rhea Luker. He was killed in an auto accident in February, 1972. A daughter, Mary Montez Luker b. January 23, 1939 married to __?__Austin. They were the parents of two sons. No information on them. She was divorced and married Jerry D. Upchurch. Finley divorced Maibelle, married and divorced a number of times and last time married Vera Ann Goodman Updegraff, d. 1989.
Tishie Mae Luker b. September 5, 1900 d. September 9, 1961. She married December 24, 1922 to Clarence
Franklin Price. They were the parents of four children, one son and three daughters.
Bessie Frank Price b. July 25, 1923, married William Gerald Carrigan, Jr. B. July 18, 1919. They were the parents of two daughters and two sons. Gerald Frank Carrigan b. January 31, 1946
Ruth Yvonne Carrigan b. February 17, 1949
Elaine Price Carrigan b. October 19, 1951 married November 24, 1973 to Jerry Pennington and were the parents of two sons, Jerry Melton Pennington, Jr. married to Kelly __?__. They were the parents on one son Steve Braxton Pennington b. March 17, 1981. Ralph Braxton Carrigan, son of Elaine Price Carrigan and Jerry Pennington, b. November 11, 1952 married Wanda Allen August 24, 1979. No information on her. They were the parents of a son and a daughter, Kattie Ann Carrigan b. December 22, 1982 and Braxton Allen Carrigan b. March 12, 1985.
James Welton Price b. October 9, 1924 married July 3, 1949 to Melba Inez Davis b. February 2, 1931. They were the parents of two daughters. Brenda Mae Price b. April 17, 1952 married to Douglas Love Miller, March 20, 1974, Miller b. March 25, 1952, divorced in January, 1991. They were the parents of a daughter, April Love Miller b. August 16, 1977, married to Troy Hager b. November, 1971, son James Adam Miller b. June 6, 1983. Sharon Kay Price, daughter of Welton and Melba Price, b. May 21, 1956, married October 16, 1996 to Mark Byrd b. March 6, 1956.
Lottie Margaret Price b. March 24, 1926 married June 13, 1953 to Bryan English. They were the parents of one daughter, Cynthia Marnell English b. April 7, 1961. Margaret divorced and remarried Graves Little d. March 22, 1968.
Genell Price b. May 24, 1928. Never married.
Children of Edward Allen Meadows and Sara Loutitia Rhodes Finley are:
Sara Dillie Elizabeth Meadows married James Isom Richardson. Their family can be seen on the Richardson page of this site.To see the Richardson page please click here
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Nola Pearl (Oda) Meadows b. March 26, 1876 d. December 22, 1948. She was married to Will T. Beasley b. November 29, 1857 d. October 10, 1909. They were the parents of three daughters: Veva Maria Beasley b. September 30, 1899 d. July 7, 1979. She was married to Audie I. Wilkerson b. January 29, 1893 d. June 24, 1974. No children.
Aubrey Allen Beasley b. January 1, 1906 d. May 29, 1979. She married Z.L. Milton (Zuke) b. November 23, 1901 d. December 31, 1983. They were the parents of one daughter, Genell, who died in childhood. Another daughter, Nancy Gail Milton b.October 4, 1942. She married Jerry R. Allen b. January 19, 1942. They were the parents of two children, a daughter, Laura Gail Allen b. August 19, 1962, married Charles T. Early. They were the parents of one son, Eric T. Early b. November 20, 1982
Laura divorced and married Mark Bowersack and later divorced. Robert Patrick Allen, son of Nancy Gail and Jerry Allen, b. September 25, 1963. He married Laura Jean Boone. They have one daughter, Lauren Tamar Allen b. March 27, 1989.
Lelia T. Meadows b. 1879 d. August 8, 1896. Never married.
Rosa Louella Meadows b. 1881 d. 1958. She married Johnny Edwards b. 1894 d. December 6, 1948. They were the parents of three children: Vance Selvin Edwards, Sr. b. August 19, 1904 d. March 20, 1961. He married Zora Lee Pitts and they were the parents of one son, Vance Selvin Edwards, Jr. b. November 4, 1930 d. October 30, 1932.
Valton Meadows Edwards, Sr. b. 1922 d. July 3, 1955. He was first married to Alene Mauldin and they were the parents of one daughter, Gradonna d. 2002. She married and had one son. Valton divorced Alene and married Peggy Earline Carothers b. 1911 d. August 2, 1993. They were the parents on one son, Valton Meadows (Pete) Edwards, Jr. b. December 21, 1945. He married Judy Cowser, November 25, 1964. Her birthdate May 19, 1957. They have one son, Richard Craig Edwards, he married Nikki Canton June 3, 2000. She has one daughter/
Mamie Dean Edwards b. June 6, 1917 married Leonard Daniels, divorced and married Leon Harber. No children.
Daisey Estella (Esther) Meadows b. 1884 d. 1952. She married Edward (Eddie) Edwards b. 1880 d. February 2, 1954. Their son Mildred Wayne Edwards b. July 17, 1907 d. October 12, 1977. He married Nara Dean Beddingfield b. April 3, 1912. They married June 16, 1931. They had one daughter, Betty Norene b. December 9, 1934. Nara died January 6, 2004. Betty married Bobby (Toke) Edmondson b. October 25, 1932. They adopted one daughter, Lisa Michele Edmondson b. October 15, 1969. She married Rex Sparks June 29, 1993. He was born January 27, 1969. They divorced the last of August, 2003. They had one son, Joseph Whitaker Sparks b. June 29, 1993. They had one daughter Abby Caroline Sparks b. January 8, 1997.
Notre Dame Edwards, daughter of Eddie and Esther, b. November 17, 1916 d. June 29, 1951. They had one son and one daughter.
Vance Arthur Meadows
Vance Arthur Meadows b. October 6, 1889 d. February 9, 1973, He married Cora
Abbott b. November 10, 1889 d. January 18, 1915. They had one son, Thomas Allen Meadows b. March 24, 1909 d. September 17, 1990. He married Mary Clatie Braden August 13, 1933 d. May 20, 1991. She was born October 10, 1900 d. November 9, 1991. No children. After Cora's death Arthur married Minnie Lee Koonce b. March 3, 1895 d. November 9, 1981. They had four children:
William Roy Meadows b. December 27, 1918 d. June 13, 1996. He married Julene Wall August 21, 1937, She was born September 18, 1920. They had one son, William Doyle Meadows b. October 14, 1942. He married Judy Williams b. August 20, 1945. They were the parents of three children. Sonja Jayne Meadows b. May 8, 1966. She married Wayne Dyer. They had one daughter Chelsa Ann Dyer b. November 8,1994. They divorced and she married Christopher Higgins and had one daughter, Christina Faith Higgins. They divorced. William Jerry Meadows b. June 24, 1962, Michael Neal Meadows b, July 13, 1961 married Kelly Joan
Finley b. February 2, 1963. They were the parents of four children, Hailey Marie Meadows b. December 11, 1996. William Doss Meadows, b. March 26, 1998, Jane Colleen Meadows b. July 9, 2000, Kenneth Ray Levi (Levi) born April 20, 2004. Doyle divorced and married Sandra Simpson March 26, 1984. Her birthdate May 27, 1934.
Sylvia Yvonne Meadows, daughter of Roy and Julene Meadows, b. March 17, 1955. She married Hubert Lee Worrell, III (Butch) b. January 1, 1952. They were the parents of two children, Jessica Faith Worrell b. August 30, 1980 and married Michael Brandon Palmore B. May 24, 1979. One son Hubert Lee Worrell IV (Chase) v. December 17, 1985. Yvonne divorced and married Timothy Edward McCoin b. July 2, 1961. No children.
Ruby Mae Pearl Meadows b. March 2, 1920 d. January 25, 1999. She married A.G. O'Neal January 28, 1943. A.G.'s birthdate June 6, 1922 d. April 29, 2003. They were the parents of two daughters. Connie Gwen O'Neal b. April 10, 1948. She was married November 12, 1966 to James Warwick Sullivan b. March 16, 1945. They are the parents of one daughter, Diana Gynne Sullivan b. September 18, 1973. She married Charles Ronald Wheeler, Jr. B. October 27, 1970. They had a son, Charles Elijah (Eli), born April 9, 2004. They had a daughter, Zoe Claire born April 14,2006 . Connie and James' son, James Patrick Sullivan b. May 19, 1979.
Cindy Kynn O'Neal, daughter of Ruby and A.G. O'Neal, b. November 11, 1958. She married Floyd Michael Knois b. October 9, 1961. They had tow daughters, Larue Mickale Knois b. January 30, 1988 and Chelsa Lynn Knois b. March 6, 1992
James Earl Meadows, son of Arthur and Minnie Meadows, b. March 24, 1924 d. May 8, 1970. He married Margaret Alease Smith b. May 10, 1928. They had one daughter, Carol Ann Meadows b. March 12, 1960. She married Gary Eugene Parson b. October 15, 1959.
Bobby Meadows b. October 1, 1929 and married September 2, 1950 to Edna Corene Creecy b. August 30, 1933. No children.