Freddy Joe Meek, age 82, of Childress, passed away of natural causes on Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00pm on Saturday, March 23, 2019, at First Baptist Church in Childress, Texas with Pastor Chad King officiating. Burial will follow at the Childress Cemetery.
Visitation will be held Friday evening March 22nd at Memorial Park Funeral Home, Amarillo, TX from 5:00pm-8:00pm. On March 23rd at First Baptist Church, Childress, TX, a second visitation from 12:00pm-2:00pm will be held prior to the funeral.
Fred was born on May 5, 1936 to Fred W. Meek and Edna L. Meek in Childress.
Born on a small farm outside of Childress, Fred grew up making life-long friends in the surrounding farms and community. He always considered Childress his true home. Following high school, he enlisted in the army and served his country in Europe, rising to the rank of Sergeant. After leaving the army he returned home and married Mary Louise Veal. He worked as a pharmaceutical sales rep for Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company most of his career until retirement. Raising two sons and embracing a bit of an adventuresome spirit, their life involved a lot of time traveling the western part of our country through camping and hiking in any mountains they could get to. They also enjoyed hunting, fishing, and spending time with family and friends.
In 1978 he married Susan Hendrickson and raised her son Mark as his own. His life revolved around high school football games as well as visiting his other sons throughout Texas and the State of Washington. Upon retirement he and Susan moved to Post Falls, ID where life involved frequent golf outings and traveling throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Following a divorce, Fred attended his 50th High School Reunion where he became reacquainted with Kathy. They soon married and lived in Post Falls for a short time and later returned to Texas to live in Childress once again. Life soon evolved around settling world politics with old friends at the local doughnut shop. He also enjoyed working on his house and in the garden, as well as building unique bird houses that attracted birds for Kathy to paint portraits of.
He was preceeded in death by his father Fred W. Meek, stepfather Mack Dobbs, mother Edna Dobbs, and his wife Kathy Meek.
He is survived by three sons, Steve Meek and his wife Karen, Greg Meek, and Mark Hendrickson and his wife Tina; nine grandchildren, Michelle Furlong and husband Shane, Trevor Meek and his wife Tahney, Kasi Meek, Ashley Stuckey and her husband Aaron, Madelyn Manlove, Alexis Lindaman and her husband Andrew, Jaxine Hendrickson, Colton Hendrickson, and Bryleigh Hendrickson; 3 great grandchildren; James Furlong, Logan Furlong,Reagan Meek and Felicity Jane Lindaman; and two brothers, Don Meek and his wife Clara, and Jerry Dobbs and his wife Marjorie.
