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Donald Meredith Obituary
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for Donald Meredith
January 28, 2010
My prayers are with Dons family. I've known and have loved his wife
Betty for many years. They are a good team in themselves. May
blessings be showered upon each and every one of them. May the
void in their lives and in the community be filled with abounding love
and grace that only Jesus can give. Love, Janet Caldwell WV
Linda Schuyler
January 15, 2010
Dear Meredith Family,
My thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time and the days ahead. I remember Don as a friend who always had a beautiful smile and a story to share. He was a unique individual who always remembered his roots and cared about his community. It is definitely a loss for everyone who knew him. It is a blessing that we do have the memories we can cherish as we reflect on the past and look forward to the future. May God bless and keep us in his care.
Linda (Thomas) Schuyler
Linda Brumfield
January 15, 2010
I pray for the Meredith family. I pray God will give each one peace and comfort. Don Meredith was the BEST of the BEST. My kids didnt play basketball at LB but I had friends who did. I attended just about all the games. Don made basketball a great experience for the boys, fans and entire school. I think the fans came just to watch Don. Those days were the best days of LB's history. 1984- 1990. My grandson plays now at LB. There is no comparrison. The program definately is missing something and I think it has to be they need another "Don". That may not ever happen. He is one in a life time. If you knew him and experienced him, consider yourself lucky. Botetourt is sad by his loss. God Bless him.
January 13, 2010
My prayers are with your family. Dandy Don always had a story to tell me and a hall pass to get me to the next class if the story took to long. He was a great coach to play for and to watch. He will be remembered by all who knew him and missed.
James Campbell LB Class of 1987
marykeith overby
January 12, 2010
Mr. Meredith was the Football Coach and Golf Coach at my high school in Bedford, Va.....Liberty High...in 65-66. Here is what the handbook had to say that year about the football/golf teams and Mr. Meredith which I just sent to all my class members from the Class of 1966 from Bedford...we've all just been e-mailing each other about him and we all remember the place he had in Bedford's football and sports history! Here it is: "The Minutemen's Football Team began practice
> on August 16 in prep for its 1st game against
> Brookville on Sept 3rd here at Liberty. It is hoped that
> everyone that can possibly do so will attend all of our
> football games, particularly our first home game! This
> year's team tarts out very willing and able. Coaches
> are: Mr. Saylor, Mr. Meredith, Mr. Black, Mr. Cutler and Mr.
> Worrell. Co-Captains will be selected before the first
> game."
>
> "GOLF: This year Liberty High School is planning
> eight golf matches with Mr. Meredith as the coach. Practice
> will begin following the close of basketball
> season."
Shannon Wilborn
January 12, 2010
My thoughts and prayers are with your family during this difficult time. Don was a wonderful coach who I always admired. NHS 87'
emma beall
January 12, 2010
Christie, so sorry for your loss. I will always remember your dad from BI and LB, he was a great person and had a contagious smile and laughter. All the girls thought he was cute.My thoughts are with you as you go through the this.
Emma Lam Beall
class of 76 LBH
mason lockridge
January 11, 2010
I attended Ferrum with Don and played baseball with him. I will always remember his contagious sense of humor and his love of people. He will be missed by all.
Howard West
January 11, 2010
I really enjoyed my friendship and time spent with Dandy Don at the Roanoke College summer camps. He had a great personality and did a great job of motivating his players. We had some wonderful laugh filled times together and with the other coaches. My prayers are with his family and former players.
Coach Howard West,formally at Tunstall HS and now at Ronald Reagan HS in Winston-Salem, NC
January 11, 2010
We were so sorry to hear of Don`s passing and want to offer our sincere sympathy to his family for their loss. He will be missed by many and his devotion to the people of
Botetourt will be remembered.
Jack and Joanne White and Jared White
CHRYSTAL (LEE) BEAN ---LBHS 1981
January 11, 2010
My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.
Brandy Vassar
January 11, 2010
We lost a legend. My thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends and those that loved him.
Brandy Johnson Vassar Class of '93
Patti Coffey
January 11, 2010
My sympathy goes out to you with the loss of your loved one. Don was a good person, great coach, and has done a lot for us as a member of the Board of Supervisors. I regret he will not be here for the opening and dedication of the new library in Eagle Rock that he helped us get. He was looking forward to seeing it completed.
Bill Leatherman
January 11, 2010
The Meredith Family,
My deepest sympathy. Don was my first college roommate at Ferrum and we coached at different schools in Bedford County early in our coaching careers. On more than one occasion I have commented that he was the best coach I had competed against. He will be missed by all who knew him.
Patti Myers
January 10, 2010
Coach Meredith.He was a good person.I went to LBHS in 80-82.I'm sorry for the families loss and Botetourt Co.bright star that has burned out.Rest in peace coach.
Jane Layman
January 10, 2010
Every time I think of Don I smile. As the athletic director at William Byrd, I worked with Don alot and witnesses many of his antics. He was always a gentleman to me and passionate about "his boys." God Bless you coach!!! My prayers are with the entire Meredith family. He was one in a million!!!!
Lisa Garnett
January 10, 2010
Don was never my teacher, although I was at BI and LB. He went to school with my parents and always asked how they were. It was always genuine--never pretentious. As an adult, I enjoyed Tech games with him and knew him on a different level. Don loved people, sports and life. Our loss is Heaven's gain. - Lisa Conner Garnett, LB '83
Judy Thierry
January 10, 2010
Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you. Don always had a smile on his face when we held Recreation Commission meetings. I will never forget him. The Botetourt County community and sports programs will not be the same. God Bless you all.
Julie Tyree
January 10, 2010
I am a 1983 alumni of LBHS and remember so well those 4 years there as Don Meredith led our basketball team to regionals every year and state as well-What an awesome and passionate man about his team-loved watching him coach. Will forever be remembered with smiles and laughter for he is a legend in his own time, that I feel provileged to have been apart of. RIP Coach Meredith
Julie Moran Tyree-class of 1983
Sharron Smith-Weaver
January 10, 2010
What good times all had with "Dandy Don". I remember meeting him at the Coach & Four restaurant so many years ago, that I can't remember the year. Coach & Four had a regular group that would meet there for drinks, laughter, gossip, and good conversation. We all have gone our own way but Don will always be rememberd in our hearts.
Wayne & Barbara Kerlin
January 10, 2010
Our deepest sympathy to the family of Don. We didn't know him well, but saw him out & about in the County. He always had a kind word to say, big smile & a hand shake. Our thoughts & prayers are with you all at this time.
Candy Noble Wallace
January 10, 2010
To all the Meredith family. Don has been in my life for as long as I can remember. Our farms were near to each other and I used to ride my horse by his place. Always a kind word that was heart felt and a true spirit of which will always be with us.
Anthony Overstreet
January 10, 2010
Don was my 7th grade Phys.Ed.teacher and coach back in I think 1964-5 at Bedford Elementary . He was a GREAT man. R I P Coach.
Dennis Bowyer
January 10, 2010
What can I say that hasn't already been said. Don was one of those rare souls that I will never forget. He was my coach at Botetourt Intermediate,even though I wasn't very good. He was always a teacher and very encouraging despite my lack of talent. Even when I was long gone from school I often thought of him fondly. I would occasionally see him around town or at BCC and he would always put a smile on my face. What better tribute can there be for a fellow human being.
A candle has gone out in Botetourt County. We will miss you coach. Thank you for everything you did. My prayers go out to the family.
Kevin Bell
January 9, 2010
Coach Meredith was a machine on the free-throw line. I don't think I ever saw him miss. His philosophy was, Its a FREE shot, you shouldn't miss. Noone is guarding you and you have plenty of time. Free throws make or break the game. The legend will be greatly missed.
January 9, 2010
I am so sorry for your loss.Don was a caring teacher and coach and will be missed.
Christy Alls Hodge
LBHS Class of 1992
Dick &Darlene Wilson
January 9, 2010
Betty and sons. Dick and I are traveling but so sorry to hear about Don's passing. You're in our thoughts and prayers.We'll see you when we return.
January 9, 2010
Dear Sweet Betty, You are an angel.... I hope that the good times you and Don had will be the memories that keep you going. You worked so hard to keep Don healthy. Everyone should thank you for that. In some ways, a tribute should be made to you. As we all know, behind every good man is a darn good woman.
As for Don, everyone in our house loved him, especially Lindsay. I think of him and the wonderful way in which he motivated children. He taught them to go for what they belived in.
I thank him also for the outstanding support he gave to the American Heart Association. He never hesitated to do anything he could to help with organizing a golf tournament. He was so good at "persuading" people to GIVE.
Mark and I send our thoughts and prayers your way. Sincerest Regards, Leslie and Mark Woodie
Jeanette Barbour Harris
January 9, 2010
To the Meredith Family,
My deepest sympathy for your loss. I kept stats for the LB Varsity basketball team back in the late 70's and early 80's. Yes, Coach M was very flamboyant on the court and yes, he could tell some stories as others have said, but I will remember him most as a caring person, who always believed in me and who was there for me whenever I needed him--to write a letter of recommendation for my application to UVA, to remind me that I'd better send in that scholarship application... But most of all, after my graduation from LB in 1982, he was there to lend support when both of my parents passed away while I was in college. Though it has been years since I have seen him, I will always remember him fondly, as someone who influenced my life in a positive way so many years ago. May God Bless Coach M!
January 9, 2010
Debbie and Mark,
You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.
Sandi Broughman
Marie & Albert Bowman
January 9, 2010
We were friends of Don's through Buck and Shirley Griffith. We are so sorry for your loss and you will be in our prayers.
Crystal Tenda
January 9, 2010
Deb and Mark,
My thoughts are with you and your family. May you find comfort in all the wonderful momories and kind words by all.
Cheryl Tablett-Anderson
January 9, 2010
My family and I send you our sympathies to your family at this time. Your family is in our prayers. Just know we are thinking about all of you. Don Meredith was a great coach with a big heart. God Bless you all.
-- From a 1989 Lord Botetourt Graduate and her family
Richard & Mary Cecil
January 9, 2010
We extend our sympathies to Don's family. Don was very, very nice person. Always had a smile on his face and never forgot any of his students. Don will certainly be missed.
Carol Crawford
January 9, 2010
To Don and his family, I want to extend my deepest sympathy for their great loss. I have known Don for over 30 years. He was a big influence on my son Gary, who played basketball for him during the 1980's. He continued this friendship throughout Gary's adult life. Don has been the greatest coach and mentor to all of his boys.
January 9, 2010
Betty, my sincere condolences are with you and the Meredith family.
Don was a great person, and I felt it an honor to have known him and his family.
Remember all the good times, which no one can take away.
Marge Crowder, Fincastle, VA
Jane Jarvis
January 9, 2010
Dear Christie,
Our thoughts and prayers are with you
at this time. My Mom(Johnny Lybrook),
always considered Don as her little brother.
Jane and Jim Jarvis
Katy Waff Craig
January 9, 2010
A man of pure goodness & so very funny! He knew when it was time to crack up & joke but also when it was time to be serious & he shared that great balance with our community. I hope he is shooting 3 pointers in heaven now with no pain. We all hold our memories of him dear. Our prayers are with your family during this sad time.
Bonnie Britt
January 9, 2010
To the Meredith Family,
I offer you my deepest sympathy at this time. I have always worked in Roanoke but have always lived in Northern Botetourt County of which I am very proud of. I would see and occasionally talk with Don at Maw & Paw's Diner in Eagle Rock where Don would be having breakfast some Saturday mornings with a friend, Phil Hart. He was always very pleasant and nice to chat with especially about the needs of the people in Northern Botetourt County. I feel we were very lucky to have him represent the folks in this end of the County and I'm very appreciative of his work and efforts in getting the much needed library approved and the work is well under way for a completion date I believe in March of 2010. I'm sorry he wouldn't be here to see it completed. I know all the folks here in Northern Botetourt County will put that library to good use each day! We are sadden that we have now lost Don on the Board of Supervisors to represent us. In deepest sympathy to his family at this sad time.
Derek Loyd
January 9, 2010
My thoughts and prayers go out to Betty and the rest of the family. I was fortunate to have Coach Meredith as my High School basketball coach in the early 90's. I will never forget him nor should anyone else. He had the funniest stories. Botetourt county has lost a true LEGEND! RIP Coach
Billy and Brenda Booker
January 9, 2010
Dear Meredith Family,
As a former classmate, teammate, and roommate, Don made sure there was never a dull moment. We shared many adventures together at Ferrum Jr. College and when we followed each other to Lynchburg College. Don could be classified as one-of-a-kind and a legend who will never be forgotten. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Linda Pulz
January 9, 2010
Dear Debbie and Mark,
Please know our thoughts are with you guys . We are also praying for you and you family. Larry and Linda Pulz
Donnie Ruff
January 9, 2010
My family extends our deepest sympathies during this most difficult time. Don was a fine man and a fine neighbor, he will be missed by all.
Tammy Atkins
January 9, 2010
Betty and boys, I love you most of all and I wish I could be with you. I have missed our time through the years but I am so glad that I have found the boys once again especially to keep in touch with. I know you will miss Don and he will forever be in your hearts and lives. Please know that you all are in our hearts and most of all our prayers.
Robert & Vicky Dooley
January 9, 2010
Our thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort. Don was a one of a kind person. He will be missed.
L Bruce Johnson
January 9, 2010
I have known Don for 54 years! He and I taught at Lord Botetourt High in Daleville. Don has a real 'zest' for life.
My thoughts and prayers are with the family.
Don't be dismayed at good0byes.
A farewell is necessary before
You can meet again.
And meeting again, after moments
Or lifetimes, is cerrtain for those who lvoe God.
Donald Ruff
January 9, 2010
My deepest sympathies to your family. Don was a good friend and neighbor to us over the years.
Noma Jackson Knopp
January 9, 2010
To the Meredith Family;
We the Jackson Family remembers Mr.Meredith as a coach at James River High School.It has been years since we seen him. I am so sorry for your loss you all are in my prayers, May the Lord be with you all at this time.
[email protected]
Lynn Ellen Thompson
January 9, 2010
Dear Christie and Family,
Knowing your Dad was a wild ride! He always had a story to tell, and were they hilarious! I really got to know Don better when I came to LB to teach in the fall of '93. Before that, he was a legend. When he came to sub,he often ate lunch when I did, and he would always keep us in "stitches."
On the serious side, Don was a great guy, a friend to all, students, teachers, and the community he served, alike. It is only fitting that his many friends and family can pay tribute to him at the "Castle." I am so sorry that I will be out of town and can not be there, too, but my thoughts and prayers are with each of you at this time. Know that he will be missed very much.
Lynn Ellen Thompson
Richard Thurman
January 9, 2010
My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.
David Mankin, Jr
January 9, 2010
The irreverent "Dandy Don",
You were a technically sound basketball coach who was very competitive, and humorous. But most of all you had an intense flare for the dramatic. Thanks for the teachings and memories.
Steve Collison
January 9, 2010
My thoughts and prayers are with the family. I met Don when I worked at a convenience store in Fincastle back in the late 90's. He was such a fun person. He always made my day. He had a way to make everyone laugh and smile. May god comfort each and everyone of his family and friends at this time.
Rebecca Evans
January 9, 2010
Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Botetourt just won't be the same without Don. We will sure miss him.
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