Wesley Allen Meadows

WESLEY A. MEADOWS SAVANNAH, GEORGIA Wesley Allen Meadows, 64, retired Chief and General Manager of Southside Fire/EMS & Security, of Savannah, Georgia and husband of Delilah Miller Meadows, died Thursday morning, December 15, 2016, at St. Joseph’s Hospital surrounded by his family. Born in Newnan, Georgia, he was a son of the late Lamar Baron Meadows and the late Wynella Stapler Meadows. Wesley was an active member of White Bluff United Methodist Church where he was a member of the Seekers Sunday School Class. He faithfully served the people of our state for 44 years. Wesley began as a volunteer firefighter for Coweta County Fire Department and as a career firefighter for the City of Newnan Fire Department and served there for 17 years before leaving Newnan as a Captain in 1987 to begin his career with Southside Fire Department. He joined Southside Fire Department in 1988 having retired in 2014. Wesley served the last 16 years as Chief. The goal he successfully achieved was to provide the best fire and emergency medical services to Chatham County and do that with a “family-like atmosphere” department. Wesley received a Class A Valor Award from the Governor of Georgia for his rescue of two young children during a fire in a second floor apartment. He also received a Special Presidential Award and proclamation from then Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine. Wesley was a member and former president of the Southeastern Association of Fire Chiefs and member and past president of the Georgia Association of Fire Chiefs. He was a member of Sylvan Lodge #149 F&AM in Newnan, the Scottish Rite, and the Alee Shrine Temple. Wesley never lost his smile, his sense of humor, or his desire to play practical jokes. BoBo, as he was known to his grandchildren, was a very generous person, who will be remembered most for his love of his church, his family, and his friends. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Tiffany Leigh Ann Meadows. Surviving are his wife of 44 years, Delilah Miller Meadows of Savannah; one daughter, Anna Elizabeth Mills and her husband, Jeff, of Savannah; one son, Wesley “Wes” Meadows and his wife, Jennifer, of Rydal, Georgia; five grandchildren, Brice Meadows, Jacob Mills, Aiden Meadows, Addison Meadows and Jace Mills; two brothers, David Meadows and his wife, Felicity, of Frederick, Maryland, and Douglas “Buster” Meadows and his wife, Mary Lynn, of Newnan, Georgia; one brother-in-law, Randall “Randy” Miller and his wife, Jane, of Carrollton, Georgia; three nieces, Sara Peregoff and her husband, Jason, April Rathel and her husband, David, and Jenny Ingram; one nephew, Nick Meadows and his wife, Vanessa, and a number of great-nieces and great-nephews. The family will receive friends from 2 until 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon at Gamble Funeral Service - 410 Stephenson Avenue. The funeral service will be held at 11 o’clock Monday morning at White Bluff United Methodist Church conducted by The Reverend John A. Haney and Southside Fire Department Chaplain Dale Simmons. The family will also receive friends from 11 until 12:30 Wednesday at McKoon Funeral Home – 38 Jackson Street in Newnan, Georgia. The graveside service, with fire department honors, will be held at 1 o’clock Wednesday afternoon in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Newnan. Remembrances: Southeastern Firefighters Burn Foundation, Inc. – 3416 J. Dewey Gray Circle, Augusta, Georgia 30909 or White Bluff United Methodist Church Honduras Mission Fund - 11911 White Bluff Road, Savannah, Georgia 31419. Please share your thoughts about Wesley and his life at www.gamblefuneralservice.com. Gamble Funeral Service of Savannah and McKoon Funeral Home of Newnan are in charge of arrangements.