Viola Meadows Dillingham
October 9, 1926 ~ January 22, 2006
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
Viola Meadows Dillingham, 79, of North Asheville, died Sunday, January 22, 2006, at Mission Hospitals, St. Joseph Campus.
Mrs. Dillingham was born in Buncombe County and was a daughter of the late Roy McKinley Meadows and Frances Johnson Meadows. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Brenda Stark. She was a graduate of Emma School and was retired from the Buncombe County Board of Elections. She was a charter member of the Quilters Guild and was a member of Dillingham Presbyterian Church.
She is survived by two grandsons, Chris Stark of Johnson City, TN and Brad Stark of Asheville; a son-in-law, Bill Stark of Micco, FL; three sisters, Nell Carland of Candler, Wanda Luft of Wichita, KS, and Barbara Spink of Wichita; one brother, Roy M. Meadows, Jr., and his wife, Sadie, of Warner Robbins, GA; and a sister-in-law, June Roberts of Asheville.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Rev. Richard L. Hicks officiating. Burial will be at Green Hills Cemetery.
Her family will receive friends at the funeral home Thursday afternoon one hour prior to the service.
Memorials may be made to Dillingham Presbyterian Church, 16 Stoney Fork Road, Barnardsville, NC 28709, or to the American Cancer Society, 120 Executive Park, Building One, Asheville, NC 28801.
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Ted,June, Sadie and family, I know it’s been years since we’ve been in contact but feel like it was just yesterday. Was sorry to read in the newspaper Viola’s home going. Please know you are all in my prayers and thoughts.
To the family,
I remember the Meadows Family well, especially Wanda and barbara who went to school with my older sister Irene Elkins Gosnell. I have pictures of Wanda and Barbara in their evening gowns with Irene, Ann Corn and Kate Corn. I will always remember this family. My condolences to all of you during this difficult time..
To All Of Loving Family,
Our thoughts have been with you during your time of loss. Viola was a special aunt and Ted has always been a very loving, caring Uncle. I will never forget when I was younger and my Mom, Olive, didn’t have any money to buy me any Christmas presents and Ted & Viola gave her some money so I would have something under the tree! I love when he use to joke with me. Viola always would sneak goodies for us at Grandma Essie’s and anytime we would visit her we would never go home without something from their garden or freezer! Our prayers are with you always and of course, you all are family to us and if anyone ever needs our help, just give us a call. I hope to come to NC for a visit in the near future. If I lived close, we would bring Ted to our home, or his and care for him as I did with my mother, Olive as well as my Daddy, Wade. Our sincere thanks to everyone helping out; June, Nell, Courtney, Tommy, Ricky, David, and anyone else that that I have left out. We love all of you and keep you in our thoughts daily. YOU ARE A WONDERFUL FAMILY! With All Our Love, Angela & Hank
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I love Aunt Viola like a second grandmother. I remember going up to NC with Nana and Papaw (Bud and Sadie) and loved seeing Aunt Viola and Uncle Ted along with the rest of the family. I will have great memories! I will deeply miss my long conversations with her and everything about her.
Nell, June, and Other Family Members, Words cannot convey to you my sympathy. We are never ready to lose our loved ones. Please know we are thinking of you and hope that it helps in some small way to know that others do care. Mary
Every Sunday I would look for Ted and Viola to arrive at Dillingham Presbyterian Church. It was always an encouragement to see them drive up in the parking lot and help each other get inside the church. As their health dimished they continued to attend church as long as it was physically possible. What an inspiration to me to see that dedication. Their pew will be empty and I will miss them but I am grateful for the Christian witness they shared with me through my years of growing up in Dillingham Presbyterian Church. I know that God will care for Ted in his loss in a very special way…May God bless each family member. With much love, Donna Huntsinger
We will miss Viola and have wonderful memories of the great life she lived and the example of a Christian wife she set. May God bless Ted and family, you will be in our prayers.
My thoughts and prayers are with the family.
Nell and other family members,
Please know that our prayers are with each of you. We are so sorry for your loss.
Love, Karen and Richard McCracken
Our thoughts and prayers are with the entire family and friends. May you all find peace and some happiness during this time. God bless all of you.
Love,
The Spink Family – Paul, Kim, Katy & Lindsey.
Viola and Ted have been wonderful friends to my family for over 50 years. There have been so many happy and fun memories over the years with my grandparents, my parents and myself. We have laughed and told jokes, swapped recepies, shared garden produce, plants and seeds. We have shared meals and celebrations and heartaches too. Truely, truely great friends. Viola will be so sorely, sorely missed. But we know that where she is, she is bringing so much joy to those around her. We miss you Viola.
The Gall family.
We wish to send our thoughts and prayers to everyone grieving Viola’s passing.
I was so sorry to hear of the passing of Viola. I was unaware of she and Ted being in a nursing home. They were both great friends of my father Dick Dillingham and our family shared many happy times with them on vacation and spending weekends at their home or ours.
May God bless your family with His peace and strength during this difficult time and in the days ahead. Your family is in my thoughts and prayers.
With sympathy and love,
THINKING OF YOU IN CALIFORNIA. OUR SYMPATHIES ARE WITH YOU. WISH WE COULD BE THERE.GIVE TED A HUG FOR US. OUR LOVE TO ALL, CHRIS AND MELBA BUCKNER
To Viola’s Family, It has been years since seeing each other but we all grew up in the same community of ‘Pea Ridge.’ I remember the family well. Wanda and Barbara went to school with my older sister, Irene. My Mother, Vera Elkins (age soon to be 90), and I send our condolences to you and your family during this sad time of losing a family member, Viola. You are in our thoughts today.
Joyce Elkins Dover-Evans
Dear Ted and all of the family,
What fond memories we Durner kids have of growing up with you as neighbors. Viola was always so kind and we will miss her.