Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Meacham akaberekerwa muChattanooga, Tennessee. Vabereki vake ndiJere Ellis Meacham (1946<unk>2008), kuvaka uye vashandi-hukama hwepamusoro uyo akashongedzwa nokuda kwehutano munguva yeHondo yeVietnam, uye Linda (McBrayer) Brodie. Vanasekuru vake vababa, Ellis K. Meacham naJean Austin Meacham, vakamurera mushure mekurambana kwevabereki vake. Paaiva mwana, sekuru vake vaiva nekurukurirano mangwanani oga oga neboka revarume pamusoro pezvematongerwe enyika omunzvimbomo neorudzi. Somugumisiro, Meacham akatanga kufarira zvematongerwe enyika. Akagamuchira kokero kuna Ronald Reagan's
Kutora nzvimbo muna 1981 muWashington, D.C., mukupindura tsamba yaakatumira kumutungamiriri akasarudzwa.