Nellie B. Meacham

Nellie B. Meacham, 96, of Richland died at 5:39 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006 at Washington County Hospital in Washington.

      A service will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Richland United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Kim Gates and the Rev. Wilbur Morfitt officiating. Burial will be in Clay Cemetery east of Richland.

      Open visitation will begin at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Gould Funeral Home in Richland, with family present from 6:30-8 p.m. Memorials have been established to The Richland United Methodist Church or area first responder organizations.

      Mrs. Meacham was born March 25, 1909, near Birmingham, the daughter of H. Frank and Dollie A. Schwartz Hoffman. She married Laurence H. Meacham in Aug. 19, 1943, in Keosauqua. He died Aug. 8, 2000.

For a complete obituary, read the Feb. 6 Fairfield Ledger.