In 1920 he was renting his home.

1900 US Census, Montgomery County, AL, shows this family living at 18 Adeline Street, along with brother-in-law Thomas G. Lewis.

His WWI Draft Registration Card says he was born on 23 Apr 1879.
His cemetery marker says he was born on 23 Apr 1878.

According to grandson, Jack Davis, William Wyche Meriwether was killed in 1932 in a hit-and-run accident. WWM's death certificate indicates that he died "from an unknown cause in an unknown way". H. Kelso Meriwether picked up his father's body.

According to Bessie Mae Meriwether, William Wyche Meriwether's parents were Nicholas F. Meriwether and Anna Eugenia Greene.


[21 Jan 1932, AJC]
Unknown Man Found Dying Beside Highway
Hampton, Ga., Jan. 20.-- A white man, about 60 years old, was found dying beside the highway two miles north of Hampton early Wednesday night. There were no papers or other means of identification on the man. When discovered by a group of boys from Hampton he was breathing and was taken to a drug store in Hampton. He died before a doctor could be summoned, however, and never regained consciousness. HIs neck was broken but examination of the body revealed no other wounds and his clothing was not soiled or disarranged. An inquest will be held at 9 o’clock Thursday morning in the city hall here by Coroner E. W. Barnett.

The man was wearing a blue herringbone weave suit with the name of an Atlanta clothing store on the lining. HIs hat also had been purchased in Atlanta. He wore a brown shirt, no tie, tennis shoes, and brown socks with a red stripe. He was about 145 pounds in weight, 5 feet 6 inches in height, bluish gray eyes, black hair, gray at the temples and no teeth. His neck was broken and there was a sore on the left ankle which was almost healed.

When discovered he was lying with his head on the paved highway and with his feet in the roadside ditch.
[21 Jan 1932, AJC]

[22 Jan 1932, AJC]
Open Verdict Voted in Death at Hampton
Despite the assumption that W. W. Meriwether, 53, of Lee street, Egan Park, was killed on the main highway a mile north of Hampton Wednesday night, a Henry county coroner’s jury Thursday morning declared that he met his death from “unknown causes in an unknown way.”

The body was discovered on the highway Wednesday night and had suffered a broken neck. Small abrasions on the legs beneath the knees gave rise to the theory that he was struck down by a car driven by a hit-and-run driver. The wounds were the exact height of an automobile bumper.

Meriwether and his family went to Hampton on Wednesday, but his wife and his children returned to Egan Park, leaving him to spend the night with friends at Lovejoy, near Hampton. When he faield to return Thursday morning no importance was attached to the matter until they learned of his death.

The body was taken to the undertaking parlors of A. C. Hemperly at East Point, where funeral arrangments will be announced later.
[22 Jan 1932, AJC]

[22 Jan 1932, AJC]
Meriwether--Mr. W. W. Meriwether, 54 years of age, of Egan, Ga., passed away suddenly Thursday morning at Hampton, Ga. The remains were removed to the chapel of A. C. Hemperley & Sons, pending funeral arrangements.
[22 Jan 1932, AJC]


[23 Jan 1932, AJC]
W. W. Meriwether Is Laid To Last Rest
Final rites for W. W. Meriwether, 54, of Egan, who was found dead Wednesday on the highway near Hampton, were held Friday morning at the chapel of A. C. Hemperley & Sons, with the Rev. M. A. Cooper officiating. Interment was in College Park cemetery.

Mr. Meriwether was identified by relatives after a coroner’s jury at Hampton had brought in a verdict of death from unknown causes. It was at first reported that his neck was broken, but later examination showed only a slight abrasion at the base of the skull, it was said. He was employed at the Utility Works at East Point.
[23 Jan 1932, AJC]