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L. Wayne Meekins |
November 22, 1917 ~ November 05, 2009 |
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Mount Vernon, Ohio
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Graveside Service Only
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Forest Cemetery, Fredericktown, Ohio
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L. Wayne Meekins, age 91, of Mount Vernon died on Thursday, November 05, 2009 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus.
He was born in Knox County on November 22, 1917, a son the late James and Effie (Bailey) Meekins. Wayne was a graduate of Fredericktown High School and lived and worked his entire lifetime in Knox County.
Wayne retired in 1981 from the Mount Vernon Water Treatment Plant after 25 years of faithful service.
Wayne is survived by his devoted wife, of over 27 years Marie (Street) Meekins; a son, Dennis (Bonnie) Meekins of Mount Vernon; a daughter, Norma Jean (David) Gee of Ridgecrest, CA; 2 daughters-in-law Beverly Meekins of Fredericktown and Rosemary Henley of Lagrange, Kentucky;2 stepdaughters Kimberly Stiltner of Columbus and Judy N. Harper of Grove City, Ohio; 16 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren and 3 great great grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, Wayne was preceded in death by his first wife and the mother of his children Evelyn (Burdine) Meekins, sons, Gerald Meekins and Gordon Henley, stepson Stuart Harper, a brother Kenneth Meekins and a sister Irene Cutler.
The family will receive friends from 1:30pm to 2:30pm on Sunday at the Flowers–Snyder Funeral Home, 619 East High Street, Mount Vernon, Ohio. A graveside service will follow at Forest Cemetery in Fredericktown.
Memorial contributions may be made to Knox County Children’s Services.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.snyderfuneralhomes.com
The Flowers-Snyder Funeral Home in Mount Vernon is honored to serve the family of L. Wayne Meekins.
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