Services for Jessie Newton Meeks Jr., 79, of Paducah will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Seventh-day Adventist Church. Luther May will officiate. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at McSwain Cemetery in Hattiesburg, Miss. Mr. Meeks died at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday in Paducah.
A native of Warren, Ark., he was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, retired welder, a retired salesman from Bible Books and a member of Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Surviving are his wife; one daughter; two sons; four stepdaughters; five stepsons; one sister; two brothers; 28 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Mr. Meeks was preceded in death by one daughter, Velma Dee Allen; his mother, Inez Upshaw Meeks; and two brothers. His father and stepmother were Jessie Newton Meeks Sr. and Myra Marie Meeks.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Three Angels Broadcasting Network, P.O. Box 220, West Frankfort, IL 62896. Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Paducah is in charge of arrangements.
-- from the Paducah Sun, Paducah, KY, December 11, 2003
A native of Warren, Ark., he was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, retired welder, a retired salesman from Bible Books and a member of Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Surviving are his wife; one daughter; two sons; four stepdaughters; five stepsons; one sister; two brothers; 28 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Mr. Meeks was preceded in death by one daughter, Velma Dee Allen; his mother, Inez Upshaw Meeks; and two brothers. His father and stepmother were Jessie Newton Meeks Sr. and Myra Marie Meeks.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Three Angels Broadcasting Network, P.O. Box 220, West Frankfort, IL 62896. Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Paducah is in charge of arrangements.
-- from the Paducah Sun, Paducah, KY, December 11, 2003
Services for Jessie Newton Meeks Jr., 79, of Paducah will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Seventh-day Adventist Church. Luther May will officiate. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at McSwain Cemetery in Hattiesburg, Miss. Mr. Meeks died at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday in Paducah.
A native of Warren, Ark., he was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, retired welder, a retired salesman from Bible Books and a member of Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Surviving are his wife; one daughter; two sons; four stepdaughters; five stepsons; one sister; two brothers; 28 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Mr. Meeks was preceded in death by one daughter, Velma Dee Allen; his mother, Inez Upshaw Meeks; and two brothers. His father and stepmother were Jessie Newton Meeks Sr. and Myra Marie Meeks.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Three Angels Broadcasting Network, P.O. Box 220, West Frankfort, IL 62896. Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Paducah is in charge of arrangements.
-- from the Paducah Sun, Paducah, KY, December 11, 2003
A native of Warren, Ark., he was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, retired welder, a retired salesman from Bible Books and a member of Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Surviving are his wife; one daughter; two sons; four stepdaughters; five stepsons; one sister; two brothers; 28 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Mr. Meeks was preceded in death by one daughter, Velma Dee Allen; his mother, Inez Upshaw Meeks; and two brothers. His father and stepmother were Jessie Newton Meeks Sr. and Myra Marie Meeks.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Three Angels Broadcasting Network, P.O. Box 220, West Frankfort, IL 62896. Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Paducah is in charge of arrangements.
-- from the Paducah Sun, Paducah, KY, December 11, 2003
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