Jane Mando Meeks

jane meeks

May 26, 1946 ~ October 13, 2023

Born in: Mocksville, NC
Resided in: Asheville, NC

Jane Mando Meeks was born May 26, 1946, in Mocksville, NC, and died Friday, October 13, 2023, at home at Givens Estates in Asheville, NC. She was preceded in death by her parents, D.J. (Nick) and Ethel Ledford Mando of Mocksville, NC.

Family surviving her include- her husband of fifty-four years, Kenyon G. Meeks, Jr. of Asheville, NC; two sons, Joshua Meeks of Gastonia, NC, and Ian Meeks (Cameron) of Waynesville, NC; two grandchildren, Richard and Naomi of Gastonia, NC; one brother, Joe Mando (Evelyn) of Mocksville, NC; two nieces- Christy (David) Tandy of Deerfield Beach, Fl., Jenny Mando (Rob) of Cary. NC; and six cousins, Susan Duncan (Bruce) of Hobe Sound, Fl., Larry Ledford of Cudjoe Key, Fl., Katie Lineback (Neal) of Bermuda Run, NC, Rufus Moretz (Mary) of Hickory, NC, Betty Smolansky (Oles), of Bethlehem, Pa., Adrian Stanley of Wilmington, NC, and a second cousin Kittie McKeithan of Asheville, NC.

Jane graduated from Davie County High School in 1964 and Southwestern at Memphis (now Rhodes College) in 1968, where she was recognized in the Hall of Fame. She received her Master’s degree in School Counseling from The University of North Carolina in Charlotte in 1986. As a teacher and elementary school counselor for twenty-eight years, she served in various communities in Louisiana, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia as she moved with her husband, a pastor in the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.

As a parent she was always loving and supportive to two unique sons (even when it was challenging) and was proud of their friends who became like extended family. She loved working with children of all backgrounds and family situations. After she lost her vision in 2009 due to macular degeneration, her favorite reply to children who asked if she could see them was, “I can’t see you, but I always know what you’re doing!” As a minister’s wife, she was always her own person, even as she practiced a deep personal faith. She was always involved in the churches her husband served, most notable authoring original children’s stories that were shared as a part of the annual Christmas Eve Communion Service. Jane published one children’s book, entitled “Finding Home,” a story about two shelter dogs she and her husband adopted.

A Service of Witness to the Resurrection is scheduled for Saturday, November 4, 2023, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon in Norma F. Pulliam Chapel at Givens Estates, 2360 Sweeten Creek Rd, Asheville, NC. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to New Hope Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 1346, Skyland, N.C. 28776, or St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, P.O, Box 50, Memphis, TN 38101-9929.

Groce Funeral Home’s Lake Julian team is assisting the family.

Services

Memorial Service: November 4, 2023 2:00 pm

Pulliam Chapel at Givens Estates
100 Wesley Drive
Asheville, 28803

(828)274-4800

Funeral Home Assisting The Family:

Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian
72 Long Shoals Road
Arden, NC 28704

(828)687-3530
http://www.grocefuneralhome.com

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