An 83-year old Whitehouse resident, Mary Belle Meade, died in a Louisa hospital on November 26 after suffering an extended illness. The daughter of the late John and Sarah Ward Ratliff, she was born at Barnetts Creek in December, 1886. Survivors include her husband, Jed Meade, three sons, Earl Meade of Louisa, Ernest Meade of Locklawn, Ohio, and Howard Meade from Tomahawk; two daughters, Mrs Hazel Craft of Whitehouse, and Mrs, Sarah Francis Duvall in Milford, Ohio; three brothers, Roy Ratliff of West Van Lear, Burns Ratliff from Louisa, and Bascom Ratliff of Louisa; a sister in Beauty, Mrs. Mary Runyon; 30 grandchildren and 48 great grandchildren. Willis tackett and Bruce Daniels conducted services in the Whitehouse Church on November 29, and burial was in the Layne Cemetery nearby. All arrangements were under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home.4715

1930 Census of Lawrence Co KY
Household Members Age Relationship
Jed Meade 42 Head
Mary B Meade 42 Wife
Ora Meade 22 Son
Earl Meade 19 Son
Flossie Meade 15 Daughter-in-law
Earnest Meade 16 Son
Molly M Meade 14 Daughter
Hazle L Meade 10 Daughter
Sarah F Meade 8 Daughter
Howard Meade 6 Son
Tom F Meade 79 Father

1940 Census of Lawrence Co KY
Household Members Age Relationship
Ted E Meade 52 Head
Mary Meade 52 Wife
Howard Meade 16 Son