M#14.7.2.3 (see 4F#1) Paul Edward Meadows
Born June 26, 1940 in Dover, Ohio. He married Linda Louise Blakeley. Paul was born in Dover, Ohio, moving to Columbus, Ohio in 1956. He graduated from high school in '59, and attended OSU [Ohio State University] for almost two years.
While in high school he played the drums, ran track, 'cross country', and played basketball. He joined the Ohio National Guard in '59 and switched to the Army Reserve.
He was employed with the US Government since 1962 and a member of the Army Reserves since '59.
He met his wife, who is from South Solon, Ohio, in '61 and they were married in '62. They had two children: (4F#1.1) Michael Edward Meadows, and (4F#1.2) Patricia Lynn Meadows. Patty has her degree [Associate] from college in Mental Health.
"My wife is also a small town girl from a family of eight children." (Paul Meadows)
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Paul and Lin, as she is affectionately known in the Meadows clan, were married 25 March, 1962 in Springfield, Clarke County, Ohio. Lin is the daughter of Fred and Clara Crow Blakeley, born 12 January, 1942. Meadows son Michael Edward was born 26 November 1962 in Columbus, and daughter Patty Lynn was born 17 November 1965, also in Columbus, Ohio.
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Patty Lynn was married to William Douglas Borden at 7 P.M., 7 October 1989 at the Reynoldsburg United Methodist Church in Reynoldsburg, a suburb of Columbus, the Reverend Ralph Bauserman officiating. There was no issue.
Patty Lynn is a graduate of Groveport-Madison High School. She graduated in December, 1988 from Columbus State Community College with an Associate Degree in Mental Health-Mental Retardation Technology. She went on to employment at Harding Hospital.
"In growing up in Dover, Ohio, I learned a lot. My dad always told us to be fortunate with what we had at present. If you have food in your stomach, roof over your head, and clothes on your back, then you are fortunate. He was strong, always providing for his family and never asking for charity. Even when he was laid off for three years, mom and dad painted rooms, cleaned homes, and other odd jobs in order to survive. They were always ready to help others.
My mother stressed cleanliness and kindness in my childhood. He always was helping the church, or one of the family. Dad provided the discipline through paddles with his hand or a switch off the tree. He didn't believe in 'spare the rod and spoil the child. Both of them were always concerned in providing and caring for the family. Dad and mom were very hard workers and loved the town of Dover. I don't regret the last 48 years because living during the forties' and fifties' taught me to stand on my own two feet as a man." (interview with Paul Meadows, 26 February, 1988)
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