Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Tuesday, April 16, 1963

JAMES B. MEEKS

Funeral services were held Monday, 2:30 p.m. for James B. Meeks, 80, Route 6, Laurel, at the Sky View Methodist Church in Wayne County. The Rev. Richard Hedge officiated and burial was in Zion Rest Cemetery.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Virgie Meeks; one daughter, Mrs. I. R. Calvert, Monroeville, Ala.; a son, James S. Meeks, Route 6, Laurel.; two sisters, Mrs. T. E. Morgan and Mrs. J. B. Jones, Route 6, Laurel; a brother, Thomas H. Meeks, Houston, Tex., and four grandchildren.

Walters Funeral Home, Quitman, was in charge.