MARIA MEEK
1882-1962
Mrs. Maria “Cooge” Meek, 80, well-known resident of Concord died in a
local hospital at 6:35 a.m. Sunday, September 2, of a heart condition
following an illness of two years.
A lifelong resident of the county, she was born February 15, 1882,
the daughter of the late B. L. and Mary Elizabeth Conley Davis.
She was a member of the United Baptist Church. Her husband, Acie
Meek, preceded her in death in 1936.
Survivors include three sons, Virgil Meek, Concord; Clarence Meek,
Thealka; Authie Meek, Concord; two daughters, Mrs. Russell Reneer,
Port Clinton, OH; Mrs. Minnie Lou Preston, New Lebanon, OH; a
brother, Lon Davis, Van Lear; a sister, Mrs. John Welch, Thealka.
Also surviving are eleven grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Concord
United Baptist church with Elzie Banks, Nim Sturgill, Buell Ferguson,
and F. F. Rigsby as officiating ministers.
Burial was in the Wheeler Cemetery at Concord.
Paintsville Herald,
Wednesday,
September 5, 1962
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