Date of birth: 29 Aug 1925
Date of death: 26 May 2003

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Burial Information

Section 02 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 214A-05
Status: Occupied

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Veteran Information

Branch: US ARMY AIR FORCES
Rank: SGT - Sergeant
War/Campaign: WORLD WAR II

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Notes

Obituary
Lewis Marvin Meeks
Funeral services for Lewis Marvin Meeks, 77, of Lexington were held at Southern Funeral Home Chapel in Lexington at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 28 with Rev. Joe Hill officiating. Interment followed in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Lexington with Southern Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Meeks, a retired mechanic, died May 26, 2003 at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. He was a native of Holmes County and a Baptist.

He is survived by his wife, Margie D. Meeks of Lexington; one son, Curry Meeks of Vicksburg; one daughter, Jeannine Warren of Conroe, TX; one brother, Archie Meeks of Tupelo; one sister, Evelyn McBride of San Francisco, CA; 6 grandchildren; and 1 great grandchild.

Mr. Meeks served in WWII in the Asiatic Pacific Theater. He flew A-20, B-25, and B-29's. He served as tail gunner on the B-29 Lady "Bee" Good with the 314 Bomb Wing.

After many years of estrangement, Mr. Meeks located and arranged a reunion for his crew members. The first reunion was held in Tulsa, OK in 1991 and every year since.

Pallbearers were Joe Martin, Ricky Griffith, Buddy Irby, David Kennedy, Jim Michael, and Eli Saxton. Honorary pallbearers were Billy Zeigler; Tommy Sykes; Tom Sherman; and surviving members of his flight crew - Gerald Caldwell, Bob Novy, Al Wilson, Hap Morrison, Walter Martin, and Ernest Harper.

Family Relations of Lewis Marvin Meeks

Parents:
Jessie E. Meeks
Mary Lee Waits (Meeks) Stewart

Siblings:
Archie W. Meeks
Lewis Marvin Meeks

Spouse:
Margaret Devine Meeks

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