Walter Emory MEEK #12600

2 NOV 1938 - 26 NOV 1966
BIRTH 2 NOV 1938, Boons Camp, Johnson, Kentucky, USA
DEATH 26 NOV 1966, Williamsport, Johnson, Kentucky, USA
Walter was serving a lunacy warrant just north of Paintsville on November 26, 1966. When he stepped upon the porch he was struck in the head by a shotgun blast and died instantly. His deputy, Curt Delong, on the porch step at the time, was also wounded, but recovered after undergoing surgery at the Paintsville Hospital. The person on whom the warrant was to be served apparently committed suicide only minutes after Sheriff Meek was shot, for he was dead on the arrival of other officers rushed to the scene. Faye was sworn in November 28, 1966, to succeed her husband until the November 1967 election.

Parents

Father : Willis MEEK #12405

Mother : Mollie DELONG #12596

Family 1

Jeanetta Faye PENIX
    MARRIAGE 29 JUN 1957

Children

  1.  Terica Fay MEEK
  2.  Oneda Jo MEEK

Lineage 

                                              _James MEEK _________+
                                             | (1836 - 1902)       
                       _Aaron MEEK __________|
                      | (1860 - 1960) m 1880 |
                      |                      |_Julina VANHOOSE ____+
                      |                        (1837 - 1921)       
 _Willis MEEK ________|
| (1904 - 1991) m 1922|
|                     |                       _William BUTCHER ____
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|                     |_Susannah P. BUTCHER _|
|                       (1865 - 1935) m 1880 |
|                                            |_Mary WELLS _________
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|--Walter Emory MEEK 
|  (1938 - 1966)
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|_Mollie DELONG ______|
  (1904 - 1994) m 1922|
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