Post by Jonel on Apr 25, 2003 22:19:38 GMT -5
Life Stories Boy's life filled with music, connection with those around
By Gina Black Story
The Sun News
======================= 'His dream was just to be a famous singer, and I know he's just singing with the angels now -- he's got to be.'
Davine Meridith Edwards
Adrian Meridith liked nothing better than to be in the spotlight.
He loved music of all kinds. His favorite artist was Elvis Presley, and he was privileged to sing on stage with the Temptations. He was a songwriter and won awards for his musical talents.
Meridith of Aynor died Feb. 17 at age 12 after a sudden illness.
"He lived a very full life to have been just 12 years old," said his mother, Davine Meridith Edwards.
Meridith was introduced to music as an infant. It was a part of his daily morning routine when his mother would bathe him. The love grew after that.
He aspired to be a singer/rapper and had already planned what he was going to do with the money he made.
"He would tell me he was going to be a singer, and he was going to build me and his daddy a big house, and I was going to travel on the road with him," his mother said.
Meridith would rather sing to a large group than a group of three or four.
"He was never nervous. He just loved to sing in front of people. Even at the hoedowns in Aynor, if he wasn't up there singing himself, he would walk around and serenade the girls," Edwards said.
At age 8, he was picked out of the crowd to sing on stage with the Temptations at The Palace theater in Myrtle Beach.
"He took his own microphone, and he would turn when they would turn," she said.
Meridith met Travis Tritt and Alabama, but these famous, current-day musicians were no rival for the legendary Presley.
"Elvis was his idol. He was in the chorus at school, and a couple of times, they had him do Elvis. We went and rented him the outfit, and I got him the wig and the glasses," his mother said.
Meridith was known throughout Aynor as a boy with a large heart who loved God, his family and everyone with whom he came into contact.
"He was the type child that it didn't matter ... he just loved everybody."
Although Edwards misses her son, he left her with memories of talent and songs.
"His dream was just to be a famous singer," she said, "and I know he's just singing with the angels now - he's got to be."
Survivors include his parents, Marvin and Davine Meridith Edwards; his grandfather, David "Hookie" Meridith of Galivants Ferry; his maternal stepgrandmother, Lillie Edwards of Aynor; and his paternal stepgrandfather and stepgranddmother, Jack and Connie Edwards of Aynor.
Courtesy of The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, SC
www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/sunnews/news/local/5675733.htm
By Gina Black Story
The Sun News
======================= 'His dream was just to be a famous singer, and I know he's just singing with the angels now -- he's got to be.'
Davine Meridith Edwards
Adrian Meridith liked nothing better than to be in the spotlight.
He loved music of all kinds. His favorite artist was Elvis Presley, and he was privileged to sing on stage with the Temptations. He was a songwriter and won awards for his musical talents.
Meridith of Aynor died Feb. 17 at age 12 after a sudden illness.
"He lived a very full life to have been just 12 years old," said his mother, Davine Meridith Edwards.
Meridith was introduced to music as an infant. It was a part of his daily morning routine when his mother would bathe him. The love grew after that.
He aspired to be a singer/rapper and had already planned what he was going to do with the money he made.
"He would tell me he was going to be a singer, and he was going to build me and his daddy a big house, and I was going to travel on the road with him," his mother said.
Meridith would rather sing to a large group than a group of three or four.
"He was never nervous. He just loved to sing in front of people. Even at the hoedowns in Aynor, if he wasn't up there singing himself, he would walk around and serenade the girls," Edwards said.
At age 8, he was picked out of the crowd to sing on stage with the Temptations at The Palace theater in Myrtle Beach.
"He took his own microphone, and he would turn when they would turn," she said.
Meridith met Travis Tritt and Alabama, but these famous, current-day musicians were no rival for the legendary Presley.
"Elvis was his idol. He was in the chorus at school, and a couple of times, they had him do Elvis. We went and rented him the outfit, and I got him the wig and the glasses," his mother said.
Meridith was known throughout Aynor as a boy with a large heart who loved God, his family and everyone with whom he came into contact.
"He was the type child that it didn't matter ... he just loved everybody."
Although Edwards misses her son, he left her with memories of talent and songs.
"His dream was just to be a famous singer," she said, "and I know he's just singing with the angels now - he's got to be."
Survivors include his parents, Marvin and Davine Meridith Edwards; his grandfather, David "Hookie" Meridith of Galivants Ferry; his maternal stepgrandmother, Lillie Edwards of Aynor; and his paternal stepgrandfather and stepgranddmother, Jack and Connie Edwards of Aynor.
Courtesy of The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, SC
www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/sunnews/news/local/5675733.htm
