David Meeks died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010, at River Region Medical Center. He was 52.

Mr. Meeks was born in Wauchula, Fla., attended Forest High School in Forest, Miss., and moved to Vicksburg in 1975. He retired from LeTourneau in 2008.

He attended Solid Rock Church, where he was involved in the children’s church ministry.

He was preceded in death by his father, Herbert Hoover Meeks.

Survivors include a son, Cory Austin Meeks of Vicksburg; a daughter, Valerie Shannon Meeks of Vicksburg; his mother and stepfather, Naomi J. and Windell Davidson of Cleveland, Miss.; two sisters, Cindy M. Cooper and Patricia M. Roberts, both of Vicksburg; a brother, Robert M. Jones of Vicksburg; and four nephews and two nieces.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Glenwood Funeral Home with the Rev. Billy Talbert officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 8 tonight at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Gary Allen, Daniel Cooper, Larry Montpelier, Jerry Marshall, Dave Jones and Ryan Meeks.

Honorary pallbearers will be Larry Meeks, Ed Crawford, Tony Austin, Chaplain Kuhrman Cox, Terry West and Jeremy Opeltree.