Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Saturday, April 24, 1971

MISS OMA MEEKS

BAY SPRINGS, Miss. -- Miss Oma Meeks, 75, Louin, a life long resident of Jasper County, died Saturday morning in the Jasper General Hospital after a long illness.

Funeral services will be held Sunday, 3 p.m. from the chapel of Memory Chapel, Bay Springs, with the Rev. Howard Davis officiating. Burial will be in Louin Cemetery.

She is survived by one sister, Mrs. V. M. Roebuck, Lake; five brothers, F. H., Bob and Delma Meeks, all of Louin; Troy Meeks, Lake; Roy Meeks of Jackson and a host of nieces and nephews.