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Oscar McCain Meador

Parents

Father	Oscar Woodson Meador (b. 10 February 1858, d. 8 November 1942)
Mother	Marietta McCain (b. 16 April 1865, d. 29 May 1940)

Biography

ChildParent1,1
Person Source		Oscar McCain Meador had person sources.1
Birth	28 June 1886	He was born on 28 June 1886 in Hazen, Prairie, Arkansas, United StatesBGO.2,3
Residence	1 June 1900	He lived in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United StatesBGO, on 1 June 1900. Name: Oscar M Meador, Age: 13, Birth Date: June 1886, Birth Place: Arkansas, USA, Record ID: 7602::61131684, Gender: Male, Race: White, Relationship: Son, Marital Status: Single, Father's Name: Oscar Meador, Father's Birth Place: Mississippi, USA, Mother's Name: Mary E Meador, Mother's Birth Place: Mississippi, USA, Can Speak English: Yes, Can Read: Yes, Can Write: Yes, Occupation: At School, Household Members: Oscar Meador, Mary E Meador, Lizzie C Meador, Blanch M Morton, Pearl Jones (servant).4
Marriage	1906	He and Margaret M. Lowry were married in 1906.2
Residence	13 April 1940	He lived at 2861 Poplar AveBG in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United StatesBGO, on 13 April 1940. Name: Oscar Meador, Age: 53, Estimated Birth Year: ca 1887, Gender: Male, Race: White, Birth Place: Arkansas, Marital Status: Married, Relationship: Son, Residence in 1935: Memphis, Occupation: Owner, Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year, Household Members: Ow Meador, Marietta Meador, Margaret Meador, Raymond Meador.5
Death	17 March 1961	He died on 17 March 1961 at age 74 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United StatesBGO. Oscar McCain Meador, the founder and former owner and operator of the Angel Food Ice Cream Company at 2469 Summer Avenue, Memphis, Tn, died at Methodist Hospital on March 17, 1961. He was 74. Meador was born in Mississippi in the 1880s and moved to Memphis when he was a boy. He founded the ice cream company and operated it for about 25 years before retiring in 1957. was active in the Tennessee Dairy Products Association and was a Shriner, Rotarian and a member of Trinity Baptist Church. and his wife, Margaret Lowry Meador, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1956. Their only child, a son, Raymond Meador, died several years prior to his dad. his wife, he left a sister, Mrs. George Scott of Germantown, TN and Fort Lauderdale, FL. were at National Funeral Home and burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis.2,3
Burial	after 17 March 1961	He was buried after 17 March 1961 at Memorial Park CemeteryBG in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United StatesBGO.2

Citations

1. [S2] Interview with Cleo Meador Scott (2921 Rivermeade Drive, Atlanta, GA 30327-2011), 27 Sep 2004. (.)
2. [S468] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
3. [S214] Cleo Meador Scott, Manning & Ancestors (, 1979), p. 89. Hereinafter cited as Manning & Ancestors.
4. [S1749] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 18, Shelby, Tennessee; Roll: 1597; Page: 9; Enumeration District: 0056; FHL microfilm: 1241597
5. [S20631] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03966; Page: 61A; Enumeration District: 98-181A