Sheri D Meese

Sheri Meese was born at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi on July 8, 1951. Born to Darwin Cooper Dacus and Joan Sherrard Dacus, Sheri was the oldest of three children. As a child, Sheri loved reading, babysitting and playing pretend teacher to her siblings and neighborhood children. She dreamt of a fulfilling life of being a mother, wife and teacher, and she succeeded in each facet with highest regard.

Sheri was a Tucker Tiger, attending Tucker High School in Dekalb County, Georgia. Here, she met her future husband, “cute little David Meese.” Graduating in 1969, she spent her Summer traversing Europe, creating memories to last a lifetime. She was granted early acceptance to the University of Georgia to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in Education. While there, she fell in love with the Georgia Bulldogs, whom she cheered on for the entirety of her life.

Upon completion of her Education degree, she then went on to marry David Alan Meese on November 24, 1973. She began her teaching career, teaching various age groups ranging from kindergarten to 8th grade Georgia History for many years. She was awarded Educator of the Year, voted by her peers, as well as Most Inspiring Teacher, voted by her students. She had two children, David Alan Meese, Jr., born in Stone Mountain, Georgia on April 2, 1977, and Jenna Lauren Meese, born in Conyers, Georgia on December 22, 1989.

Sheri had many hobbies throughout her life, including playing tennis at ALTA level, completing New York Times crossword puzzles at the highest level of difficulty, reading, putting together puzzles, playing Tetris, baking chocolate cherry cakes, cheering on her beloved Georgia bulldogs and Atlanta Braves, and playing arm chair detective, attempting to solve true crime cases with her daughter. She also was an excellent homemaker, loving to decorate, shopping for antiques at dusty, hole-in-the-wall places and estate sales, scrapbooking/crafting, and attending annual house tours around the state of Georgia for over 30 years.

Sheri was a person of tremendous heart. Deeply loving and kind, there wasn’t a single person who didn’t comment on her sweet and gentle personality. Sheri was often cited by friends and family as an inspiration in motherhood, and Sheri and her husband, David, were often seen as an example of the ideal marriage. She was thoughtful in ways that made people feel included and appreciated. Loved ones and even strangers often felt compelled to open up to her, sensing her accepting and calming nature. Despite her sweet and sensitive bearing, she was also known to have a quiet, yet wicked, sense of humor.

While she met her lifelong goals of becoming a mother, wife and teacher, her truest passion was becoming a grandmother. Affectionately referred to as “Nina” because her first grandson Leo couldn’t say Nana, she didn’t mind, often saying, “he can call me whatever, as long as he calls me.” She

absolutely adored her grandsons, showing anyone, anywhere, pictures and videos of Leo and Max, sharing stories about them. Nothing made her prouder or smile bigger than her grandkids.

Sheri’s family feels exceptionally fortunate to not only have called her family, but to have had her as a friend. We are all profoundly heartbroken at her loss. The world is much dimmer without her glowing light.

Sheri Dacus Meese, age 74, of Loganville, passed away Friday, December 19, 2025. She was preceded in death by her husband, David Alan Meese, her mother, Joan Sherrard Dacus, her father, Darwin Cooper Dacus and her brother, Darwin Cooper Dacus, Jr., “Buddy”. She is survived by son, David A. Meese, Jr. of Loganville; daughter, Jenna Lauren Meese Pearson (Jeff) of Loganville; grandchildren Leo and Max; sister Denise Donnelly of Grayson, and several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins.

The visitation for Sheri will be on Saturday, January, 3, 2026, from 11:00am to 1:00pm at Eternal Hills Funeral Home in Snellville, Georgia. The Service to Celebrate the Life of Sheri Dacus Meese will follow at 1:00pm in the Eternal Hills Funeral Home Chapel. Entombment will take place immediately after at Eternal Hills Memory Gardens, Snellville.

The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorial donations be made to the American Cancer Society.