Meredith Slade Sawin

Visitation will be 1:00-4:00pm, Sunday, November 24, 2013 at Baldwin-Lee Funeral Home in Pearl. Funeral services are 1:00pm, Monday, November 25, 2013 in the funeral home chapel with interment in Floral Hills Memory Gardens.

Meredith was born Monday, November 13, 1939 in Lamar County, Mississippi, a daughter of the late Jabus Vander "J.V." Slade and Marjorie Amacker Slade. She was a member of the Baptist faith and a retired nurse. She traveled the world as a loyal military wife. An avid reader and history buff, she also enjoyed watching Nascar racing and spending time with her animals. A loving mother, grandmother, sister and aunt, she will best be remembered for her caring and generous spirit toward others.

Survivors include son Richard “Billy” Sawin (Eva); grandchildren, Jennifer Porch (Wes), Lisa Garland (Richard) and Joshua Sawin; great-grandchildren, Serenity Garland, Haley Porch and Summer Garland; sisters, Johnnie Marshall and Julia Phelps (Carroll); nieces, Johnnie McKee (James) and Michele Slade Apuzzo; great-niece, Bianca Apuzzo; great-nephews, Marshall McKee and Donald McKee (Tiffany); and great-great-nephew, Bradley McKee.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother-in-law, Glen Marshall, and great-niece, Charlotte Haines-McKee.

Memorials may be made to the Park Place Christian Academy Building Fund, 201 Park Place Dr., Pearl, MS 39208.