Wanda Rowe Meyers was born Grace Wanda Rowe on March 23, 1917 in Herrin, Illinois to parents Hetsley Rowe and Bessie Katharine Acton Rowe. She was the second of seven children. She married Jesse Burge Meyers of Louisville, Kentucky on June 22, 1942, just five days after Jesse had enlisted into the Army Air Force during World War II. Her brothers, Albert Owen, Herbert "Skeeks" Oren, and Charles Everett also served in the military during World War II. At the time of her marriage to Jesse Meyers, Wanda worked as a secretary for the Girdler Corporation in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1944, she left Louisville to join Jesse at his base on Long Beach, California, but returned six months later when Jesse was shipped to Guam. Jesse was relieved from duty in 1946 and returned to Louisville, where he had worked at LG&E prior to the war.
From the description of Rowe-Meyers family papers, 1940-1970 (bulk: 1942-1946). (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 759404348
