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About Us
We take pride in being flexible in all arrangements, whether that be a customary
service or the option of cremation. We provide personalized choices and do so
with price sensitivity, making your decisions affordable. We are an
independently owned and community-based funeral service provider, offering
before the need, at the time of need, and after the service, choices and
options.
Keep in mind, that
the funeral is a meaningful event that can help ease the pain of separation
which naturally accompanies death. It is a time of sharing good memories and
experiences with family and friends. It is a time when respect, concern, and
appreciation for a life that has been lived can be expressed in a sincere
manner. The funeral is an experience of value and when properly planned can
provide lasting satisfaction and comfort to the survivors. Our funeral service
family can assist you in planning and coordinating all of the details, and will
explain all of the available options.
Our sincerest hope
is that you and your family will be comforted by our efforts.
We are honored by
the confidence you are placing in us and know that you will find that all of the
members of our funeral service family are worthy of your trust.
Thank you.
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Our History
Deacon
M.C. Meadows The First Phase of Oglethorpe
Funeral Chapel The Second Phase of Oglethorpe
Funeral Chapel
Founder
Our History
The
Oglethorpe Funeral Chapel, Inc. was named after the city of Oglethorpe,
Georgia, with the consideration that it would be an advancement to the
growth of the community. This business was designed to service
mankind, to make sure that their loved one would be buried in a
Christian manner or follow the instruction of the family to provide the
service they so desire, to bring comfort at a time when it is needed
most. Built on the instructions of God, Deacon M.C. Meadows and
Jossie Mae Williams Meadows in April 1957 officially opened the
"Oglethorpe Funeral Chapel, Inc." along with their children,
C.L. Meadows, A.C. Meadows, William Cornelious Meadows, Thomas Edward
Meadows, Morris Meadows, Gretha Louise Meadows, Lee Willie
Meadows, and Tammi Renee Meadows. The Oglethorpe Funeral Chapel, Inc.
first staff included the following: M.C. Meadows, funeral practitioner;
Johnny Bentley, Jr., embalmer and funeral practitioner; Walter Heath and
Sam Jones, men attendants; and Edith Mae Hooks Evans, Minnie Daniels,
Ida Lee Ross, and Eva Davis Heath, women attendants.
As the funeral home advanced, new additions to the building and new
staff members were added: A.C. Meadows, embalmer and funeral
practitioner, William C. Meadows, embalmer and funeral practitioner,
Viola E. Bailey, Secretary, Jewel McClendon Wakefield, Communications
and Hair Stylist, Eula Bell Lockett Mackellar, Evelyn Thomas, Geraldine
Joseph Ager, and Mary Fulks, women attendants; and C.B. Harmon, Leroy
Harris, Sr., and Samuel McDonald, men attendants. At the present,
the building was renovated and a new chapel was added along with new
staff members: Clara Denise Williams, Executive Secretary; Farah Porter,
Assistant Secretary and Website Administrator; L'etriece Peaco,
Assistant Secretary; Connie Fowler, Assistant Secretary; Thomas Edward
Meadows, William Roger Young, Eddie Hosley, Willie James Ogburn,
Alphonso Leary, Officer Clifford Aldridge, and Leroy Harris, men
attendants; Tracy Clemmons, Linda Merrell, lady attendants and musician;
Shontell English, hairstylist; and Reverend Coley Clark, Ministerial
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Meadows
Funeral Home