Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Thursday, August 9, 2007

S. HOMER MEREDITH

Riser Funeral Home
Columbia, LA

Services for Sidney Homer Meredith, age 97 of Columbia will be held at 11:00 AM , Friday, August 10, 2007 from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia. Interment will follow in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery west of Columbia.

A lifelong resident of Caldwell Parish, Homer was born on January 1, 1910 to the union of Joseph and Annie Thompson Meredith and died Tuesday, August 7, 2007.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his son: Sidney Maurice Meredith.

He was retired from Gartman Motor Co. in Columbia and a member and deacon of Columbia Heights Baptist Church. He was also a member of the Columbia Chapter #164 Masonic Lodge.

Survivors include his wife of 78 years: Myrtie Smith Meredith of Columbia, his son and daughter-in-law: Robert and Doris Meredith of Mansfield, his daughter-in-law: Dolores Meredith of Monroe, his grandchildren: Seth Meredith and his wife: Jennifer, Suzanne Brossette and her husband: John and five great-grandchildren.

Any planned memorials may be made to the Shriners Hospital, 3100 Samford Ave, Shreveport, LA 71103 or to the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, P.O.Box 262, Columbia, LA 71418.

Visitation will be Friday from 10:00 AM until time of services at Riser Funeral Home, 7131 Hwy 165, Columbia, LA.