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Jere Ellis Meacham 1946 - 2008

Jere Ellis Meacham of California was born on July 24, 1946 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee United States, and died at age 62 years old on September 29, 2008 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California. Jere Meacham was buried on October 6, 2008 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

Jere Ellis Meacham

California

July 24, 1946

Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States

September 29, 2008

Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, United States

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Introduction

Jere Ellis Meacham was born to Ellis Kirby Meacham (1913 - 1998) and Jean (Austin) Meacham (1918 - 1986) on July 24 1946 in Chattanooga TN. He had one sibling, G.B. Kirby Meacham After returning home from Vietnam, Jere went on to work in construction and labor-relations executive with Brock and Blevins Co. and several other national and international firms Jere married Pamela Meacham and they had one child, Jon (an editor of Newsweek magazine and awarded a Pulitzer in the arts for his biography, "American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House." in 2009). More details of his life can be found below.
07/24

1946

Birthday

July 24, 1946

Birthdate

Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee United States

Birthplace

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Early Life & Education

Missionary Ridge Elementary School, the McCallie School and graduated from UTC, where he edited the University Echo, the student newspaper.
Military Service

U.S. Army's Fourth Infantry Division in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969,
09/29

2008

Death

September 29, 2008

Death date

Cancer

Cause of death

Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California United States
Death location

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10/6

2008

Gravesite & Burial

October 6, 2008

Funeral date
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee United States
Burial location
Obituary

The Chattanoogan.com Meacham, Jere Ellis Wednesday, October 1, 2008 Jere Ellis Meacham, 62, a native and longtime resident of Chattanooga, died Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, in Long Beach, California. The cause was complications from cancer, the family said. Born in Chattanooga on July 24, 1946, Mr. Meacham was the son of the late City Judge Ellis K. Meacham and Jean Austin Meacham, assistant dean at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He was educated at Missionary Ridge Elementary School, the McCallie School and graduated from UTC, where he edited the University Echo, the student newspaper. Meacham served in the U.S. Army's Fourth Infantry Division in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969, seeing action in Pleiku. Decorated for valor and honorably discharged, he returned home and served as a construction and labor-relations executive with Brock and Blevins Co. and several other national and international firms. From 1986 until his death he was labor-relations director and assistant manager of the Southern California Contractors' Association; he was widely noted as one of the most experienced negotiators in California. He is survived by his wife, Pamela Meacham; a son, Jon Meacham, who is editor of Newsweek magazine; three grandchildren, Samuel Ellis Meacham, Mary Austin Meacham and Margaret Randolph Meacham; and a brother, G.B. Kirby Meacham. Meacham's first marriage ended in divorce. Funeral services will be held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church on Monday, at 10:30 a.m., with the Rev. and Hon. Samuel Payne and the Rev. Dr. H. Hunter Huckabay officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hills Cemetery. A reception will be held at the Mountain City Club after the interment. The family asks that memorial contributions be made to the Ellis Kirby Meacham Memorial Scholarship Fund at the University of the South. Funeral arrangements are being made by Wann Funeral Home.

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