Beckham County, OK - Obits: Harrell Meeker, 1925
29 August 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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MEEKER, HARRELL
(14 Jul 1925, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
The relatives and friends of Harrell Meeker were grieved to hear of his
sudden death, last Thursday, at Shawnee, where he was spending the summer
with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Corn.  He was a victim of
typhoid fever, having been ill only a few days, and the news of his death
came as a great shock to his relatives here.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Meeker, of Hastings, Oklahoma, and a
nephew of W. E. Corn, of this city, whom he had lived with and attended
high school here last year, and was a member of the Junior class.  Harrell
was very talented musically, possessing a wonderful tenor voice.  He and
his banjo, on which he was an artist, will be remembered as the life of
many a high school party.  He was a member of the Chamber of Commerce band
and of the Boaz Orchestra.  He was popular and made a great many friends
while here, and everyone loved him for his good nature and sweet
disposition.
The following was taken from the Shawnee (Oklahoma) News:
Funeral services for Harrell Meeker, seventeen year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. Meeker of Hastings, Okla., and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Corn, of North Broadway, who died early Thursday morning, a victim of
typhoid fever, were held Friday afternoon at the First Baptist church.  A
sermon on Christian Faith filled with words of hope and comfort was
preached by Dr. J. W. Jent, Dr. J. B. Lawrence reading the Scripture and
offering prayer.
The lad was a great lover of music, having marked talent and ability, and
the musical service was especially impressive and beautiful.
The casket was covered and banked with a wealth of exquisite floral
pieces, which mark the mound at Fairview where burial was made.  The pall
bearers, all young men about the age of the lad whose promising young life
came to such an untimely end were, John J. Evans, John C. Sehestedt, Oral
Sanders, W. B. Eley, Colonel La Munyon and Lilburn Burrows.
Among the out of town relatives here for the funeral were Mrs. Myron
Keator and Mrs. Emmett Corn, sister and sister-in-law of Mrs. Meeker;
Emmett, Jr., Edward and Elizabeth Corn, children of Mrs. Corn; another
sister, Mrs. John Patrick of Crescent, Okla.; Mr. Meeker's father and
sister, Mr. T. J. Meeker, and Miss Ada Meeker, and brothers, Grover Meeker
and Carl Meeker, and daughter, Gertrude Meeker, all of Edmond, Okla.

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