Mattie Lou Carroll Meades

Mattie Lou Meades was blessed by the Lord to spend almost 97 years of her life here on this earth. She was born in Port Vincent, Louisiana on April 6, 1920. She peacefully departed this world two days after she returned to her earthly home only to pass through to her heavenly home with her Lord on Saturday morning, February 25, 2017 at the age of 96. Mattie Lou was known as a Laborer of Love to all her friends and those she met in the Ponchatoula/Pumpkin center area. She cooked and fed, treated and comforted and was mother figure to all that needed her. She spent most of her adult life in Pumpkin Center and would be considered a lifelong resident. She was, at her death, the oldest living member of Jerusalem Baptist Church and a faithful tither and supporter of the church. Though her health from a mobility point failed her earlier in life she never focused on herself but always those she loved and those that cared for her. I know she would want to say thank you to “Shay” and “Jessica” who she loved dearly as they were God’s Angels sent to care for her during her last days she spent at home. One of her last request to a family member was that we promise to take care of her roommate at the nursing home. Mattie Lou Carroll Meades was the last living of eleven children born to Charles and Viola Mounce Carroll. She was preceded in death by her parents; and brothers, Ernest Carroll, Odell Carroll, and William “Bill” Carroll. Next older to her was her brother Leon who died at the age of 13 at Charity hospital in New Orleans. Her younger siblings also precede her in death were twins; her only sister Sadie Carroll King and her twin brother Gradie Carroll, Morris Carroll, Resse Carroll, and Cornie “Tooney” Carroll who was killed in Korea. Also preceding her in death was her husband Flavius “Jim” Meades; sons, Flavius Meades Jr., and Alan F. Meades. She is survived by sister-in-law’s, Bert Carroll (Morris) and Ruby Mounce (Reese). Surviving children; Wesley Meades (Judy), Stanley L. Meades Sr. (Gloria), Margie Foster (Vernon), Glen Meades (Charlotte) and LeVern S. Meades (Vicky). She was also blessed by the Lord to have 18 grandchildren and numerous great and great-great grandchildren, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Life is not judged by what one can accumulate in riches and possessions but by the legacy and example that is left behind. The Lord did bless her with this. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the visitation at Jerusalem Baptist Church Tuesday, February 28, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. until the funeral service at 11:00 a.m. Rev. Jimmy Wall and Rev. Phillip Weaver will officiate the service with interment to follow in Jerusalem Baptist Church Old Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations can be made in her memory to the Jerusalem Baptist Church Children’s Fund “Captain Fellowship”.

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Mattie Lou Carroll Meades

April 6, 1920 - February 25, 2017