Extracted from The St. Petersburg Times (St. Petersburg, FL)
Monday, November 25, 1991

Meeks, Miriam S., 88, Tampa, died Saturday (Nov. 23, 1991) at Memorial Hospital of Tampa. She was born in Rankin County, Miss., and came here two years ago from Brandon, Miss. She was a retired librarian for the Decatur, Ill., school system. She was a member of the Brandon, Miss., Presbyterian Church, the Rankin County Historical Society and the Order of the Eastern Star, Brandon, Miss.

Survivors include a daughter, Ann Josephson, Tampa; two sisters, Margaret Shields, Brandon, Miss., and Ruth Smith, New Orleans; and seven grandchildren.