| Name |
Meacham, Jere Ellis [1, 2, 3] |
| Birth |
24 Jul 1946 |
Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA  [2, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| LifeSketch |
Jere Ellis Meacham, 62, a native and longtime resident of Chattanooga, died Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, in Long Beach, California. The cause was complications from cancer, the family said. Born in Chattanooga on July 24, 1946, Mr. Meacham was the son of the late City Judge Ellis K. Meacham and Jean Austin Meacham, assistant dean at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He was educated at Missionary Ridge Elementary School, the McCallie School and graduated from UTC, where he edited the University Echo, the student newspaper. Meacham served in the U.S. Army\'s Fourth Infantry Division in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969, seeing action in Pleiku. Decorated for valor and honorably discharged, he returned home and served as a construction and labor-relations executive with Brock and Blevins Co. and several other national and international firms. From 1986 until his death he was labor-relations director and assistant manager of the Southern California Contractors\' Association; he was widely noted as one of the most experienced negotiators in California. Funeral services will be held at St. Paul\'s Episcopal Church on Monday, at 10:30 a.m., with the Rev. and Hon. Samuel Payne and the Rev. Dr. H. Hunter Huckabay officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hills Cemetery |
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Jere Ellis Meacham, 62, a native and longtime resident of Chattanooga, died Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, in Long Beach, California. The cause was complications from cancer, the family said.
Born in Chattanooga on July 24, 1946, Mr. Meacham was the son of the late City Judge Ellis K. Meacham and Jean Austin Meacham, assistant dean at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He was educated at Missionary Ridge Elementary School, the McCallie School and graduated from UTC, where he edited the University Echo, the student newspaper.
Meacham served in the U.S. Army's Fourth Infantry Division in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969, seeing action in Pleiku. Decorated for valor and honorably discharged, he returned home and served as a construction and labor-relations executive with Brock and Blevins Co. and several other national and international firms.
From 1986 until his death he was labor-relations director and assistant manager of the Southern California Contractors' Association; he was widely noted as one of the most experienced negotiators in California.
Funeral services will be held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church on Monday, at 10:30 a.m., with the Rev. and Hon. Samuel Payne and the Rev. Dr. H. Hunter Huckabay officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hills Cemetery
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| Death |
29 Sep 2008 |
Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA [1, 2, 3] |
- age 62. complications from cancer
|
| Burial |
Aft 29 Sep 2008 |
Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA [1] |
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| Obituary |
1 Oct 2008 |
Tennessee, USA |
- 20251203GHLn-
Jere Ellis Meacham, 62, a native and longtime resident of Chattanooga, died Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, in Long Beach, California. The cause was complications from cancer, the family said.
Born in Chattanooga on July 24, 1946, Mr. Meacham was the son of the late City Judge Ellis K. Meacham and Jean Austin Meacham, assistant dean at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He was educated at Missionary Ridge Elementary School, the McCallie School and graduated from UTC, where he edited the University Echo, the student newspaper.
Meacham served in the U.S. Army's Fourth Infantry Division in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969, seeing action in Pleiku. Decorated for valor and honorably discharged, he returned home and served as a construction and labor-relations executive with Brock and Blevins Co. and several other national and international firms.
From 1986 until his death he was labor-relations director and assistant manager of the Southern California Contractors' Association; he was widely noted as one of the most experienced negotiators in California.
Funeral services will be held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church on Monday, at 10:30 a.m., with the Rev. and Hon. Samuel Payne and the Rev. Dr. H. Hunter Huckabay officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hills Cemetery
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| FSID |
GMGT-NMD [4] |
| Person ID |
I111396 |
WETZEL-SPRING |
| Father |
Meacham, Ellis Kirby, b. 5 Sep 1913, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA d. 17 Aug 1998, Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA (Age 84 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Austin, Jean Bevan, b. 18 May 1918, Missouri, USA d. 20 Jan 1986, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA (Age 67 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Family ID |
F65151 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1946 - 2008 (62 years)
