Tina Nixon Meranda

1969 - 2012

Always remembered

Eric LaMont Gregory and the Brown County Clerk of Courts Tina Meranda at the Brown County Tea Party Booth

Tina Nixon Meranda, age 43 of Ripley, Ohio died Monday, October  1, 2012 at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.  Tina was  the Brown County Clerk of Courts from 2005 – 2010 and was the co-owner
along  with her husband Seth of the Meranda Nixon Winery in Ripley, Ohio. In her earlier years she was employed in orthopedic prosthesis sales and was a surgical  technologist at the Cincinnati Deaconess Hospital heart team. She also was a  wife, mother and tobacco farmer. Her memberships include the JoAnn Davidson Leadership Institute member, the Brown County Republican Party, the Order of the  Eastern Star, the Russellville Kiwanis Chapter, the Russellville United  Methodist Church, the Ohio Clerks Association, a board member of the Ohio Wine Producers Association and was a volunteer at St. Michael’s School.  She was born  May 1, 1969 in Middletown, Ohio the daughter of Corwin Keith and Lornia - Barnett - Nixon of Lebanon, Ohio.
 
In addition to her parents, she is survived by her husband – Seth Meranda, two sons – Preston and Austin, one brother – Keith Nixon, Jr. and wife Kerry of Lebanon, Ohio, one sister – Melissa Miller and husband – Brent of Lebanon, Ohio,  her aunt – Karen Heaberlin and husband Don, her father and mother-in-law – Art  and Bonnie Meranda of Georgetown, Ohio, four brothers-in-law – Tad Meranda of  Kansas City, Kansas, Craig Meranda of Goshen, Indiana, Brent Meranda of Quinter,  Kansas and Whey Meranda of Georgetown, Ohio and several nieces and nephews.