Irene Meadows, 95, of Frazer, passed away on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at Southern Ohio Medical Center Hospice.
She was born at Whitley City on February 29, 1928, a daughter of Robert Andrew Jackson Wood and Mabel Carrie Price Wood. Irene was married to Billie Abe Meadows on September 24, 1949, and they shared 32 years of marriage prior to his passing on February 24, 1982. She retired from Midtown Nursing Facility as a Nurse’s Aide. Irene loved her family. She enjoyed her flowers and gardening, she had a passion for quilting and taking care of her family and others. Irene was a faithful member of New Salem Baptist Church and she loved God and her church family.
Survivors include three sons, Billy Anderson Meadows, Martin Robert (Sarah) Meadows, and James Lewis (Beverly) Meadows, all of South Shore; one daughter, Jean (Homer) Nolen of Vanceburg; four brothers, Stanley Wood of Somerset, John Marion Wood of Louisville, Ron Wood of Frazer, and Glen (Lee) Wood of Somerset; one sister; Helen Peterson of San Pueblo, California; 10 grandchildren, Ethel, Jason, Penny, Barry, Katie, Christopher, Jeff, Hagen, Megan, and Teresa; several great-grandchildren including a very special great-granddaughter, Alliyah Dunn; and three great-great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents and her husband, Irene was preceded in death by one son, Frank Richard Meadows; two daughters, Mabel Ruth Meadows and Orpha Meadows; one grandson, Billie Meadows; one granddaughter, Jennifer Ruth Nolen; two brothers, Lewis Wood and James R. Wood; one sister, Faye Lois Phillips; and a daughter-in-law, Kathy Meadows.
Services will be at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, July 15, 2023, at the Chapel of Lake Cumberland Funeral Home with Bro. Keith McKim officiating. Burial will be in New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Saturday, July 15, 2023, at Lake Cumberland Funeral Home, 1046 West Hwy 80 at Somerset.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to the New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery Fund in memory of Irene Meadows. Donations may be mailed to Lake Cumberland Funeral Home, PO Box 1441, Somerset, KY 42502.
Condolences to the family may be sent at www.LakeCumberlandFuneralService.com.
