Anne Meyer

Family-Placed Death Notice

Anne Heineman Meyer, 80, died Sunday, June 12. She was the wife of the late Sylvan Meyer, former editor of The Daily Times of Gainesville, Georgia, where she passed away. He was also editor of The Miami News and publisher of South Florida Magazine. As he would have been the first to acknowledge, she was instrumental in every achievement. Our wonderful, brilliant mother went from Shaping "women's page" coverage in that small daily newspaper in the 1950s to working many years as a radio talk show host in Miami, where she was known for her warm, intelligent interviews. She chaired the Channel 2 Auction, the Miami Beach Commission on the Status of Women and the Florida Commission on the Status of Women, among many other civic and cultural leadership roles. She was also a member of the founding board of the Miami City Ballet. A Holocaust survivor who fled Mainz, Germany, on the last Kindertransport, she cherished America and the Democratic Party. She loved reading, movies, Broadway and television, the ocean and the mountains, cruise ships and Tuscany, and most of all, her many friends and her family. She told marvelous stories in rich detail and wit, was known for her compassion and thoughtfulness, and had a keen sense of beauty and a flawless memory all her life. She is survived by her three children: Erica (and Alan) Rauzin of Miami Beach, David N. Meyer II, of New York City and Ketchum, Idaho, and Jason (and Tracy) Meyer, of Pennington, New Jersey, and her grandchildren, Dara, Amelia and Daniel Rauzin, and Robinson, Grady and Sullivan Meyer. She is also survived by her sister, Joan Heineman Banov, of Glen Cove, New York; her brother and sister-in-law, Janet and Lennie Meyer of Atlanta, and her niece and nephews, Beverly Banov Brown of Pennsylvania, Scott Meyer and Roger Meyer of Nevada, and Richard Meyer of Atlanta. Donations in her memory can be made to the Atlanta Jewish Community Center, for Camp Barney Medintz, or to the Ahavath Achim Synagogue. Ward's Funeral Home of Gainesville, GA.