Tommy D. Meeks

Funeral services for Tommy D. Meeks, 77, Gainesville, Missouri, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, August 9, 2018 at Gamaliel Church of Christ, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.

Mr. Meeks passed away at 12:37 p.m., Sunday, August 5, 2018 at Care Manor Nursing and Rehab, Mountain Home, Arkansas.

He was born August 14, 1940, at Gamaliel, Arkansas, to Argol Meeks and Cuba Davidson Meeks.  On April 9, 1966, he was married at Gamaliel, Arkansas, to June Helen Goodwin, who preceded him in death on April 24, 2004.  Mr. Meeks was a veteran, having served with the United States Army.  He worked as a carpenter and was a dairy farmer.  He loved his family, church family and enjoyed traveling and visiting with whoever would listen.  Mr. Meeks was a member of Gamaliel Church of Christ for seventy-seven years.

He is survived by four children, Tommy Meeks, II and wife, Tiffany, Strafford, Missouri, Sherri Turner and husband, Mark, Greenbrier, Arkansas, Robert Meeks and wife, Karen, Caulfield, Missouri and Matt Meeks and wife, Christy, West Plains, Missouri; fifteen grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one sister, Argie Heinrich, Mountain Home, Arkansas; and a special friend, Velma Strong.

His parents, wife, and one brother, Harold Meeks, preceded him in death.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.  Burial will be in the Bean Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may be made to Paragould Children’s Home or Fair Haven Children’s Home and may be left at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.