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Robert Meek Obituary
Robert Stanhope Meek Jr. died Nov. 6, 2019, in Fort Smith after a long illness. He was the son of Robert Stanhope Meek and Sarah (Sallie) Elizabeth Dean Meek. Born in Savannah, Ga., he moved with his family to Fort Smith at an early age.
Bob was a page at the Washington office of Sen. William Fulbright. He graduated from Fort Smith High School and Davidson College in Davidson, N.C. He then served with distinction in the Vietnam War.
Bob worked for many years as co-general partner of Coca-Cola Bottling Co. in Fort Smith. He regarded his colleagues there as family.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Anne Meek Werner; and a nephew, Eric Preston Bell (Debbie).
He is survived by a sister, Sallie Meek Hunter (Vernon); two nieces, Sarah Hunter Morgan (John) and Kimberly Anne Wagner; and two nephews, Vernon Ross Hunter Jr. (Michele) and Robert Rhyne Hunter (Susan).
The family wishes to express its deepest gratitude to his wonderful caregivers and friends who stood by him during his long journey through illness.
Interment will be private. Services are under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made in Bob's name to Fort Smith Boys and Girls Club, 4905 N. O St., Fort Smith, AR 72904.
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Jim Floyd
May 2, 2020
It is May 2 and I just saw this obituary for the first time. Ellen's note motivated me to write something. I haven't seen Bob in 40 years, but he was my best friend in high school. We kept in touch off and on for another 15 years. The last time I saw him we had dinner at my sister & brother-in-law's house in Ft. Smith, and he gave my family a short tour of the small Coke museum at the bottling company. Prior to that we had met up all over the country. I saw him in Upper Michigan, in Illinois, in New York a couple of times, in Vermont, in Texas, in Nevada, in California a few times. He invited me to the Cotton Bowl with his parents when Arkansas played. He invited me to have dinner with his parents at the Pebble Beach Golf Resort when I was stationed in Monterey in the Navy (he flew out to meet us). He invited me to spend a weekend with an Italian family in Brooklyn when I was at Navy OCS in Rhode Island. He drove up from Virgina (Ft Belvoir I think) with their son who was stationed with him in the Army. He paid my way to Las Vegas to help him take data remotely on how roulette wheels work - using equipment he designed - with the objective to predict real-time the outcome sufficiently to make money - although he was more interested in the challenge than the money. That was around 1970, when the technology was rudimentary. I was supposed to help analyze the data - but the problem was difficult and I was too busy. When I broke up with my first serious girlfriend in California, Bob flew out to console me. I went AWOL for a few days, and we drove to Southern California from Monterey - I remember El Centro was one of the places we ended up in. In high school, one Friday night during a football game we broke into the school. He worked for the Guidance Counselor and at the end of the day left the window unlocked. We climbed in that window and found the key to the set of Britannica's Great Books of the Western World that was locked in our English teacher's classroom. With flashlights we took notes in a closet so that the janitor wouldn't see us. (It was difficult to find time to access the books, required for a paper we each had to write.)
Bob had an indelible impact on my life, and even though I haven't seen him in 40 years, he enriched my life. I have missed him for 40 years. I don't expect anyone to read this; I wrote it for myself.
Ellen Jackson Knight
December 11, 2019
Bob was a dear friend in high school, a very kind person and someone I admired greatly. I am sorry that he is gone and send condolences to all others who loved him.
November 9, 2019
Bob was a good man and a great member of the Boys and Girls Club Board. He was a key part of the scholarship committee. He was a good friend also.
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