1926
Arthur
2009
Arthur Meakin, Jr.
May 22, 1926 — October 22, 2009
ARLINGTON -- Arthur W. Meakin Jr., 83, left this life and joined his beloved wife, Virginia Evelyn Murphy Meakin, in the arms of our Lord and Savior on Thursday evening, Oct. 22, 2009, in Dallas from age-associated health problems.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Wednesday in Emerald Hills Memorial Chapel. Interment: Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Arthur was born in Teaneck, N.J., to Arthur W. Meakin Sr. and Florence Edith Nevard Meakin, the third of three children on May 22, 1926. In 1944 he graduated from Suffern High School and entered the U.S. Army Air Corps cadet program. He was honorably discharged in 1945 when the program was discontinued. Over the next two years he received his A and E license allowing him to work in the aircraft industry, which he loved. By 1954 he was working as a flight engineer for American Airlines staying with the company until he retired in 1991.
He was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where he fulfilled many callings over the years as a teacher, leader and missionary, working with all ages of church members. He enjoyed any type of machine repair from bikes to motorcycles, cars to aircraft. In his spare time he loved theater, both plays and musicals, and old-fashioned music, TV and movies. But the greatest love other than his tremendous faith was his family and friends whose safety and well-being were on his mind and in his prayers constantly.
Survivors: Son, Arthur W. Meakin III; daughters, Sara Purser and her husband, Jay, Kim Kuhn and her husband, Terry, and Cheryl Drake and her husband, Ted; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandsons, with a third, William Bryce Meakin, due in February 2010.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Wednesday in Emerald Hills Memorial Chapel. Interment: Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Arthur was born in Teaneck, N.J., to Arthur W. Meakin Sr. and Florence Edith Nevard Meakin, the third of three children on May 22, 1926. In 1944 he graduated from Suffern High School and entered the U.S. Army Air Corps cadet program. He was honorably discharged in 1945 when the program was discontinued. Over the next two years he received his A and E license allowing him to work in the aircraft industry, which he loved. By 1954 he was working as a flight engineer for American Airlines staying with the company until he retired in 1991.
He was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where he fulfilled many callings over the years as a teacher, leader and missionary, working with all ages of church members. He enjoyed any type of machine repair from bikes to motorcycles, cars to aircraft. In his spare time he loved theater, both plays and musicals, and old-fashioned music, TV and movies. But the greatest love other than his tremendous faith was his family and friends whose safety and well-being were on his mind and in his prayers constantly.
Survivors: Son, Arthur W. Meakin III; daughters, Sara Purser and her husband, Jay, Kim Kuhn and her husband, Terry, and Cheryl Drake and her husband, Ted; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandsons, with a third, William Bryce Meakin, due in February 2010.
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