Mary Anne McCraw Meadows

Mary Anne McCraw Meadows passed away at the glorious age of 82 on Friday, November 12, 2011, after a period of declining health. She had been a resident of the Pisgah Manor Health Care Facility for the past three years where she received much love and comfort from a dedicated staff. Prior to this she had resided in the Leicester community with her daughters and attended Mount Carmel Baptist Church where she was a member of the Margaret Roberts Sunday School Class. From 1970-2003, she and her family lived in Swannanoa and attended Swannanoa First Baptist Church and Groce Methodist Church. Mrs. Meadows was born in Candler, NC, on October 9, 1929, to Thomas Melton and Zelma Huskey McCraw and spent her childhood in Gaffney, SC, where she still has extended family. She was a 1947 graduate of Lee Edwards High School and attended Mars Hill College after graduation. Mrs. Meadows had a varied career in the world of business management. She served as Business Office Manager at Hillhaven Convalescent Center until her retirement in 1990. Mrs. Meadows's life centered on her church activities and family. She enjoyed serving as an Owen High School Band Booster mom and assisting with other youth events. This life of service is a precious legacy that she left her three children. Mrs. Meadows is preceded in death by her husband of fifty years Thomas Melvin Meadows, Jr., her parents, and her only brother Robert Ray McCraw. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Thomas Melvin and Elaine Meadows of Jacksonville, FL; daughters Bonnie Jayne Meadows and Mary Lynn Meadows of Leicester, NC; grandchildren Shannon Meadows Lee and husband Jamie and Scot Thomas Meadows and fiance Regina Colyer all of Jacksonville, FL; two great-grandsons Gavin Connor Lee and Braydon Tanner Lee; and three step-great-grandchildren Alexis, Alyssa, and Andrew. Visitation with the family will take place at 4:30 p.m. prior to the memorial service at the Groce Funeral Home Chapel on Patton Avenue at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, November 18, 2011. Rev. Dr. Ronnie Owen, pastor of Mount Carmel Baptist Church, will officiate, and the Rev. Mike Cribbs will assist. Mrs. Meadows will be interred beside her husband in the family plot at Green Hills Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the Mount Carmel Baptist Church Building Fund. Even though she will be missed every day, her family rejoices in the knowledge that she is home in heaven with our merciful Lord and is reunited with her loved ones who had gone before her to their spiritual reward.