WILMINGTON — Merideth Landen Getsinger, 47, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, at Lower Cape Fear LifeCare.
Merideth was born June 4, 1972, in Guilford County, a daughter of Robert Duncan Getsinger and Nancy Ingram Landen Getsinger.
She was a graduate of Richmond Senior High School, Rockingham. As a North Carolina Teaching Fellow, She graduated cum laude from North Carolina State University with a B.A. Fellowship and earned a Master’s Degree in U.S. Political History from Rutgers University, New Jersey.
She earned a Paralegal Degree from Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington. She taught French and U.S. History in Richmond County. She taught U.S. History at Union High School in Union, New Jersey.
She was a member of the Rockingham UMC. As a lifetime member of the United Methodist Church, she attended Pine Valley UMC in Wilmington.
She is survived by her daughter, Tesla Brooke Blanton, and Tesla’s father, Ryan Anthony Blanton; parents, Robert and Nancy; brother, Gregory Robert Getsinger (Kathryn); nephews, Logan Robert Getsinger and Reece Goodman Getsinger; Tesla’s paternal grandparents, Barbara Blanton and Tony Blanton; and aunts, uncles, cousins and many special friends.
A celebration of life service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 25, at Pine Valley United Methodist Church, Wilmington. Visitation will be held after the service.
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