Stephen Ross "Pappy" Meadows, 67 of Kershaw, SC formerly of Jumping Branch, died Sunday March 19, 2017 at his home following a sudden illness.

Born December 6, 1949 in Hinton, he was the son of the late Ruehl and Wilma Osborne Meadows.

Stephen was a 1967 graduate of Hinton High School and was an equipment operator for Oceana Gold Company in Kershaw. He was a former coal miner for Frazier Creek Mining and Tams Management, both in West Virginia. He also was a former independent trucker. Stephen enjoyed farming and working with horses, was a member of Bluestone Baptist Church at Jumping Branch and was a U.S. Army veteran.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by three sisters, Helena Keaton and infants, Dianna and Louanne Meadows.

Survivors include a son, Joseph Meadows and wife Megan of Mooresville, NC; two daughers, Stephanie Meadows of Nimitz and Sarah Ronat and husband Bobby of Hinton; two sisters, Mary Nichols and husband Bobby and Martha Estes all of Jumping Branch; four grandchildren, Beyonka, Kaitlyn, Kaine and Liam; Step-mother, Pauline Meadows of Jumping Branch.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday March 23, 2017 at Pivont Funeral Home Chapel in Hinton with Pastor Bill Fox officiating. Burial will follow in Restwood Memorial Gardens in Hinton. Friends may call from 6 until 8 p.m. Wednesday evening at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be; Brandon Lilly, Bobby Ronat, O.J. Lilly, Ted Keffer, Matt Akers and Tommy Abshire.