Opal I Meacham

Opal Meacham, age 92, of Crofton, passed away on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, at Christian Health Center of natural causes. Funeral Services will be at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, November 16, 2021, at Maddux-Fuqua-Hinton Funeral Home with burial to follow in Johnson Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be at Maddux-Fuqua-Hinton Funeral Home on Monday, November 15, 2021 from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM. Maddux-Fuqua-Hinton Funeral Home has been entrusted by the family to handle the arrangements. 

Mrs. Meacham was born in Christian County, KY, on August 21, 1929, the daughter of the late Ellis W. and Martha Susan Baker Johnson. Opal was a homemaker. She was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. She was also a member of Ladies Auxiliary of Lacy Volunteer Fire Department and WMU. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Shelby Chesten Meacham; her brothers, John Frank, William “Bill” and Lloyd Johnson; her sister, Alberta Johnson Jones.

   Survivors include her sons, Larry Meacham and his wife Jane of Hopkinsville, and Kavin Meacham and his wife Mary Ellen of Hopkinsville; her daughters, Linda Sanders and her husband Ed of Paducah, and Patsy Bell and her husband Jim of Hopkinsville; her sister, Clarice Carpenter of Pembroke; eight grandchildren, Larry Dale Meacham, Crystal Hightower, David Crowe, Nathan Crowe, Cindy Powell Lee, Lisa Lee, Stacy Hight, and Trinity Powell seven great grandchildren, Mackensie Meacham, Dakota O’Steen, Mishel Crowe, Nicholas Crowe, Emily Schafer, Abby Lee and Hannah Lee and two great-great grandchildren, Sylas Crowe and Eden Lee.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made in her memory Lacy Volunteer Fire Department at 11994 Greenville Road, Hopkinsville, KY 42240 or Max’s Hope Pet Rescue at 105 Metcalfe Drive, Hopkinsville, KY 42240.

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