James Leonard Meacham was my great grandfather. I do not know the Sipes connection, but Mrs. J.M. Sipes was listed as a contact person on his WWII draft registration.
I believe he was born Oct. 1892 in Wattensaw, Lonoke County, Arkansas. Died 31 May 1974 in Lonoke County, Arkansas.
I may be wrong, but believe his father was Joseph Ernest Meacham, not James Leonard Meacham, Sr.