David Earl Meeks

1938 - 2023

David Earl Meeks Grimesland - Mr. David Earl Meeks, 85, passed away Saturday, November 4, 2023. A graveside service will be held Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at 11 AM in Pinewood Memorial Park, officiated by his pastor, Rev. Phillip Boykin. The family will receive friends at the graveside for 30 minutes prior to the service and following the service. Mr. David Meeks, son of the late William Ernest and Velma Mills Meeks, was born in Grimesland on March 4, 1938. He was a 1958 graduate of Stokes-Pactolus High School and served in the National Guard for six years. He worked with Barnes Motor and Parts for many years and later worked with Don's Machine Shop until his retirement in 1999. He attended Black Jack Original Free Will Baptist Church for many years. Mr. David Meeks truly loved his 1959 green and white convertible. He enjoyed keeping his yard well-groomed and always grew a beautiful garden. In addition to his parents, Mr. David Meeks was preceded in death by his wife, Nettie Frances Hodges Meeks (2018), an infant daughter, Gloria Jean(1965), son, Conney Earl Meeks (2022), infant sister (1947), brother-in-law, Robert McKinney (1976), sister, Joann Valencia (1981), brother, William Meeks (2000), brothers-in-law, William l. Mills (2000) and Bennie Morris (2000), brothers, James (2004) and Johnnie (2010), sisters, Elizabeth McKinney (2014) and Catherine Mills (2015), sister-in-law, Pearl Halstead Meeks (2016), brother-in-law, Joe Williams (2016), sister, Helen Morris (2019), brother, Ed Meeks (2020), sister-in-law, Pearl Spain Meeks (2023), and brother and sister-in-law, Frank and Gail Meeks (2023) and many nieces and nephews. He is survived by his daughter-in-law, Becky L. Meeks, of Grimesland; grandson, Ben Meeks and fiancé, Rachel Barnes, of Grimesland; brothers, Charlie and wife, Dorothy of Newport, Carlton and wife, Judy, of North Chesterfield, Virginia, sister, Barbara Williams of Greenville, sisters-in-law, Virginia Griffin Meeks of Kinston, and Sybil Manning Meeks of Ayden; and many beloved nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made the Grimesland Volunteer Fire Dept., PO Box 68, Grimesland, NC 27837. Funeral arrangements by Wilkerson Funeral Home & Crematory, Greenville NC. Online condolences at www.WilkersonFuneralHome.com