Jackie Jennette Meadows

Surrounded by her family throughout her final hours, Jackie Jennette Meadows went peacefully to be with Jesus on Monday, January 27th after a battle with kidney disease. She was born on November 26th, 1937, to James C. and Nota Mae West in Muncie, Indiana. She was a beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, and most of all a devoted wife of 67 years to her husband Harold Meadows.

Jackie was dedicated to her family. She and Harold would pray for their two sons and their wives each day: Harold Frederick Meadows, Jr. and his wife, Pamali, and Michael David Meadows and his wife, Monica. She adored her three grandchildren, Chad Michael Meadows (Mechelle), Chelsea Jill Meadows, and Nathaniel Michael Meadows, as well as her sweet great-grandchildren, Bennett Michael Meadows and Aubrey Jill Meadows.

Jackie was a 1955 graduate of Broad Ripple High School, where she was a member of the National Honor Society, the French Club, and the High School Band and Orchestra. Music was one of the loves of her life. While she played viola in the school orchestra, her main instrument was the clarinet and continued to play later in life in community and church orchestras.

Following high school, Jackie attended Indiana Business College and began to work for Drs. Iske and Merrill of Indianapolis. Jackie loved the medical field and, even while later becoming a stay-at-home mom, she found ways to stay involved in the field by working part-time with Dr. William Anderson and Dr. Robert Drennon of Anderson. She was affectionately known to her family as the “medical advice giver” due to the amount of experience she had around a variety of health-related anomalies.

Jackie had a deep faith in God and gave her heart to Jesus as a little girl. She was baptized in the Methodist church and later re-baptized by immersion with her two sons while attending North Anderson Church of God. She sang in the church choir in every church she attended. Whether it was baking cookies for Bible School, printing the bulletin for Sunday worship, sewing costumes and banners for church productions, or singing and playing in worship, she served the Lord utilizing her many spiritual gifts in whatever way she could. Jackie loved to read and study the Bible. God’s Word formed and shaped her life. She and Harold would read it together in their daily devotions.

If you knew Jackie, you knew she had a sweet tooth; she loved her candy. In fact, when she couldn’t eat anything else, she could always find a way to have a bite of chocolate. She was a wonderful candy maker and probably could have opened a business selling her “world-famous” divinity that she would make only at Christmas for her family and special friends. She also had an artistic flair for oil painting and making dolls.

Jackie had a quiet strength about her which reflected her inner confidence in God. When troubles came in life, whether it affected her family or friends, she was a rock. In her later life, she learned that she had kidney disease, which would eventually put her on dialysis. While this may have been one of the greatest challenges of her life, she pressed through, with resolve to do what she could do to be around and available for her family.

Jackie will be remembered by all who loved her. Her celebration of life will be on Friday, January 31st, 2025 at 1:30 PM with a visitation prior from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM at Bozell Funeral Homes- Brown-Butz-Diedring Chapel in Anderson, Indiana. The entombment will follow in Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery. Jackie's services have been entrusted to Bozell Funeral Homes.