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Banthora Ann “Banna” Baker Meek

Birth
Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA
Death
4 Apr 1959 (aged 75)
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
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Funeral services for Mrs. Bamthora Ann Baker Meek, 75, of 850 Ontario St., Shreveport, who died at 2:45 a.m., Saturday, April 4, at the Highland Sanitarium, after a four month illness, were held at 4 p.m., Tuesday, April 7, at Osborn Chapel in Shreveport.

A native of Somerset, Ky., Mrs. Meek had lived in Winnfield for many years, and moved to Shreveport 33 years ago. She was a member of Kings High Christian Church.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Carver DeLoach, formerly of Zwolle, and Miss Ethel Meek, both of Shreveport; five sons, Willard Meek of Lake Charles, Harvey Meek of Grove, Calif., James Meek of Washington, D.C., Robert Meek of Shreveport, and Albert Meek of Los Angeles, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Howard Morgan of Waynesboro, Ky.; seven grandchildren; and three great grandchildren.

Dr. William E. Wright, pastor of Kings Highway Christian Church, and the Rev. Beverly Bond, pastor of North Highland Methodist Church, officiated. Burial was in Forest Park Cemetery.

Active pallbearers were Henry Steineau Jr., George W. James, Gradon Smart, Hugh Morris, Powell Layton, Al Parks, J. Bryan Thigpen, and Tom McClellan.

Honorary pallbearers included Charles M. Evans, Ed Robertson, Tom Robertson Jr., Bill Noel, J. C. Ferguson, Hugie Morris, Max Brown, Watt ?, Ray Poudrier, Fern Greaharg, Harold Bryant, Jack Reubic, Jimmy Davis, Dudley Proctor, Judge Revian D. Hendrick, Sheriff J. Howell Flourney, Judge G. Randall Whitney, Jack Watt Jr., Pat Turner, ? Lefkovits, Robert Pearson, ? B. Massey, Dr. W. F. Dru?, Dr. L. H. Murdock, Bob Ho?, and deacons and elders of the Kings Highway Christian Church.

Published in The Sabine Index (Many, LA), April 17, 1959
Funeral services for Mrs. Bamthora Ann Baker Meek, 75, of 850 Ontario St., Shreveport, who died at 2:45 a.m., Saturday, April 4, at the Highland Sanitarium, after a four month illness, were held at 4 p.m., Tuesday, April 7, at Osborn Chapel in Shreveport.

A native of Somerset, Ky., Mrs. Meek had lived in Winnfield for many years, and moved to Shreveport 33 years ago. She was a member of Kings High Christian Church.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Carver DeLoach, formerly of Zwolle, and Miss Ethel Meek, both of Shreveport; five sons, Willard Meek of Lake Charles, Harvey Meek of Grove, Calif., James Meek of Washington, D.C., Robert Meek of Shreveport, and Albert Meek of Los Angeles, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Howard Morgan of Waynesboro, Ky.; seven grandchildren; and three great grandchildren.

Dr. William E. Wright, pastor of Kings Highway Christian Church, and the Rev. Beverly Bond, pastor of North Highland Methodist Church, officiated. Burial was in Forest Park Cemetery.

Active pallbearers were Henry Steineau Jr., George W. James, Gradon Smart, Hugh Morris, Powell Layton, Al Parks, J. Bryan Thigpen, and Tom McClellan.

Honorary pallbearers included Charles M. Evans, Ed Robertson, Tom Robertson Jr., Bill Noel, J. C. Ferguson, Hugie Morris, Max Brown, Watt ?, Ray Poudrier, Fern Greaharg, Harold Bryant, Jack Reubic, Jimmy Davis, Dudley Proctor, Judge Revian D. Hendrick, Sheriff J. Howell Flourney, Judge G. Randall Whitney, Jack Watt Jr., Pat Turner, ? Lefkovits, Robert Pearson, ? B. Massey, Dr. W. F. Dru?, Dr. L. H. Murdock, Bob Ho?, and deacons and elders of the Kings Highway Christian Church.

Published in The Sabine Index (Many, LA), April 17, 1959


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74482875/banthora_ann-meek: accessed ), memorial page for Banthora Ann “Banna” Baker Meek (31 Dec 1883–4 Apr 1959), Find a Grave Memorial ID 74482875, citing Forest Park Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Ron Manley (contributor 46788603).