A. Meyer in Houston, Texas. He passed away on September 9, 2019 after a brief illness. He grew up in West University in a family of six. John graduated from Lamar High School in 1961 and the University of Houston in 1967 with a degree in Mechanical Technology. John became a Christian at the age of 15 in 1957 at Bellaire Baptist Church. He was a life long Houstonian and proud of it.
John served his country by joining the United States Air Force (Reserve) in 1961 during the Vietnam War, and was honorably discharged in 1969.
John met the love of his life, Kathryn Louise Allen of Victoria, Texas in 1966 at the University of Houston. Kathy’s father, Henry O. Allen was like a father to John, and loved him dearly. With her parent’s blessing, John and Kathy were married on October 19, 1968. With all her love and heart, she gave him two sons, David and Charlie, and over fifty (50) years of loving marriage. John often said, “Easily, the best decision he ever made”
As John’s natural interest always involved mechanical and construction activities, it was not unusual that his working career began in sales of industrial equipment and services with Worthington Industries, Ingersoll-Rand Corporation and Turbodyne Industries. These twenty years provided a huge learning, travel and management opportunities and challenges in equipment sales and service, John left the industrial equipment business in 1987 during an oil downturn.
John’s second, and probably the most exciting career was operating OMEGA MANAGEMENT. It involved real estate holdings including residential rental property, business park development, and building energy efficient higher level residential homes in and around the Houston area, San Antonio, and Midland, Texas. With many new energy efficient homes completed, the real estate construction activities ended in 2005 with retirement.
John and Kathy are members of Tallowood Baptist Church where they raised their children. And also attended Second Baptist Church (West Campus) in Houston, Texas.
John is preceded in death by his loving parents, his two older brothers, Robert C. Meyer Jr., and Frank Lockwood Meyer, Kathy’s parents, Henry and Hildred Allen and his brother-in-law, John C. Bowen, San Antonio, Texas.
John is survived by his family, Kathryn (Kathy) wife and two sons, David Henry (Gina) of Fort Worth, Texas and Charles Cannon (Rachel) of Fairview, Texas, His grandchildren, Cannon Philip Meyer and Halle Paige Meyer of Fairview, Texas, Kathy’s sisters, Elizabeth Bowen and Margaret Bond (Jim). He is also survived by his sister Marilyn Diffenderfer (Johnny) of Houston, TX., sister-in-law Sarah Meyer and numerous nieces and nephews.
Donations may be made to The Shriners Hospitals for Children.
(John wrote this Obituary himself early in 2019)
The Memorial Service will be on October 4th , 1pm at Tallowood Baptist Church Chapel, 555 Tallowood Drive, Houston, TX, with a reception following the service.
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