Thomas Glover MEDDERS1

M, b. 4 August 1915, d. 4 May 2005
Pedigree
Relationship
1st cousin 1 time removed of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
Glover Medders and Owanna Burt Victory, 2001
     Thomas Glover MEDDERS, son of James Walter MEDDERS and Nettie Nona BURT, was born on 4 August 1915 in Cedar Grove, Bibb County, Alabama.1 Thomas Glover MEDDERS usually went by the name of Glover.

Thomas Glover MEDDERS appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1920, in the household of James Walter MEDDERS in Bibb County, Alabama.2

Thomas Glover MEDDERS appeared on a census, enumerated 15 April 1930, in the household of James Walter MEDDERS and Nettie Nona BURT in Beat 2, Bibb County, Alabama.3

Glover married first Margaret Odelia Hubbard on 24 September 1938 in Lee County, Alabama.1,4 He and Margaret Odelia Hubbard were divorced on 10 August 1953.1

Glover married second Hardie Catherine Davis on 22 June 1956 in Bibb County, Alabama.1

Glover MEDDERS died at age 89 while visiting his son in Clemson, South Carolina, on 4 May 2005.5 He was buried on 7 May 2005 in Ada Chapel Bible Methodist Church Cemetery, Cedar Grove, Bibb County, Alabama.5

Thomas's obituary was printed on 7 May 2005 in the Tuscaloosa News newspaper, published in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The item read: "Thomas Glover Medders, age 89, of the Cedar Grove Community, Bibb County, husband of Hardie D. Medders, died May 4, 2005 at this son's home in South Carolina. Services will be 1 p.m. today at Fairview Wesleyan Church with Tuscaloosa Memorial Chapel Funeral Home directing. Burial will follow in Ada Chapel Cemetery.

Mr. Medders was the son of James W. and Nettie Nona Medders of the Cedar Grove Community. He was retired from Hercules, Inc. and a member of Fairview Wesleyan Church of Cottondale.

He was preceded in death by five sisters and one brother.

Survivors include his wife, Hardie; sons, Thomas Lee Medders, Samuel G. Medders, Joel B. Medders, and James H. Medders; daughter, Margaret Patricia Etheridge; sister, Opal Taggart; 14 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchldren; and five great-great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Fairview Wesleyan Church, 7667 Hargrove Road East, Cottondale, AL 35453."5
Last Edited=19 May 2022

Citations

  1. [S58] Stan Medders, Medders Saga.
  2. [S245] 1920 U. S. Census, Bibb County, Alabama, Walter Meadows household.
  3. [S475] 1930 U. S. Census, Bibb County, Alabama, J. Walter Medders household No. 129, ED 4-3, sheet 31, pg. 8A.
  4. [S935] Daughters of the American Revolution, Lorilee Ann Medders, National No. 878701, Associated ancestor: Charles Washington (A121948), Verified 16 Dec 2009, Accepted 6 Feb 2010.
  5. [S545] Tuscaloosa News, 7 May 2005, accessed May 7, 2005.

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