Nancy Massie Meadows (1912–March 27, 1986) was the wife of former

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Clarence W. Meadows and served as that state's First Lady, 1945-1949. She was born in 1912 at

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. She graduated from

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, then married Clarence W. Meadows in 1934. As first lady, she spent much of her time raising their four young daughters. After leaving office, she served as social director at The Greenbrier Resort. She and her husband lived in Charleston, West Virginia and later moved to

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. After Gov. Meadows death in 1961, she moved to

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, where she died on March 27, 1986."West Virginia's First Ladies," West Virginia Division of Culture and History, June 2007.

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