Louise (Meadows) Doss, 89, of Bridgeport, and formerly of Madison, passed away Sunday afternoon, Nov. 1, 2015. She was born in Cabell on Sept. 6, 1926, a daughter of the late Lonnie Casco Meadows and Mary Belle Carnes Meadows.
She is survived by her loving husband of 69 years, James R. Doss, whom she married May 17, 1946. Also surviving are two daughters, Virginia Louise Binegar and her husband, David, of Bridgeport and Lee Ann Doss of Swansboro, N.C.; her daughter-in-law, Mary Doss of Columbus, Ohio; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; a sister, Mary Evelyn Abbott and her husband, Harold, of Madison; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Dan R. Doss; a grandson, David James Binegar; a sister, Virginia Thelma Duke; and her brothers, Buster Paul Meadows, Columbus Leroy Meadows, James Lewis Meadows, Harold Ray Meadows and Lonnie C. Meadows, Jr.
She was a graduate of Scott High School in Madison. She attended Marshall College for two years, where she met and married James Ray Doss of Lorado, Logan County. Louise worked as a secretary and substitute teacher at Scott High School, and as a secretary at Westmoreland Coal Company. She was a member of Madison Baptist Church, the First Baptist Church in Morgantown and Simpson Creek Baptist Church in Bridgeport. She was a member of Madison Chapter No. 121 Order of the Eastern Star.
Friends will be received from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, at Burnside Funeral Home, Bridgeport, where the service will be held at 1 p.m.
The interment will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at Boone Memorial Park, Madison.
Burnside Funeral Home, Bridgeport, is in charge of arrangements; www.burnsidefuneralhome.com.