Lawrence-Johnson County KyArchives Deaths.....Meeks, Arb Dean June 21, 1951
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Name:                Meeks, Arb Dean
Date Of Death:       June 21, 1951 Time: 1pm
Place Of Death:      Lawrence County, Ky
Residence:           Lawrence, Kentucky
Gender:              Male
Race:                W
Age:                 5
Marital Status:      Single
Spouse:              
Date Of Birth:       August 15, 1945
Place Of Birth:      Johnson, Kentucky
Mother's Name:       Roberts, Evelyn Mae
Mother's Birthplace: Unavailable
Father's Name:       Meeks, Arbie
Father's Birthplace: Unavailable
Cause Of Death:      Drowning, Accidental
Hospital:            Unavailable
SS Number:           Unavailable
Occupation:          None
Funeral Home:        L. Byron Young
Doctor:              Unavailable
Coroner:             Young
Informant:           Arbie Meeks
Date Of Burial:      June 23, 1951
Place Of Burial:     Meeks Cemetery, Boones Camp, Johnson, Kentucky
Date Recorded:       June 26, 1951
Source Of Record:    Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965
Certificate No.:     51-12516

Name:	Arb D Meek
Date of Birth:	10 Aug 1945
Birth Place:	Johnson, Kentucky, USA
Mother's Name:	Evelyn Roberts
Volume Number:	090
Certificate Number:	44807
Volume Year:	1945

MEEKS, Arb Dean

1945-1951

A six year old Gallup, KY boy drowned in the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River 
at Chapman, about 1 p.m. Thursday, June 21, officials reported. The victim was 
Arb Dean Meeks, son of Rev. and Mrs. Arbie Meeks. Witnesses said a companion 
trying to rescue him had brought the boy to within a short distance of the bank 
when he lost his grip. About an hour later the boy's body was found near the 
point where he drowned. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at 
Wells Chapel (Methodist) in Johnson County, KY. Burial was in the family 
cemetery at Boons Camp. Surviving are the parents, two brothers, Leslie Meeks of 
Springfield, OH and Buddy Meeks at home; two sisters, Flora Ann and Sue Meeks at 
home, and the grandmothers, Mrs. Lolitha Meeks of Boons Camp and Mrs. Flora Mae 
Roberts of Bluefield, WV. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Young 
Funeral Home. Big Sandy News, June 28, 1951

 

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