John Mefford

John Logan Mefford, 75, of Lincoln died at 2:45 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2000, at his residence.

Funeral services will be Friday, Oct. 20, at 1:30 p.m. at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Burial will be in New Union Cemetery, Lincoln.

Visitation will be Friday from noon until the service time at the funeral home.

Mefford was a laborer at Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. before his retirement.

He was born Aug. 6, 1925, at Lexington, Ky., to Mark Steven and Nancy Jane (Baker) Mefford. He married Mamie Lucille Lindsay on Nov. 29, 1946, at Brewton, Ala. She survives, in Lincoln.

Also surviving are one stepson, William H. (and Cheryl) Roy of Beason; two step-grandchildren; four step-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Robert Mefford of Lawrenceburg, Ky., and Mark S. Mefford of Lexington, Ky.; and two sisters, Leta Berryman of Winchester, Ky., and Judith Lowery of Lexington, Ky.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a half sister.

He was a U.S. Army and Air Force veteran, serving during World War II and the Korean War.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Central Illinois.


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