ROLLING FORK Charlie Lewis died Sunday, July 4, 2004, at Central Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. He was 66.

Mr. Lewis was a resident of Rolling Fork.

Walker Funeral Home in Rolling Fork has charge of arrangements.

James Meeks

James Meeks died Sunday, July 4, 2004, at River Region Medical Center. He was 73.

A resident of Vicksburg, Mr. Meeks was a veteran of World War II and a member of St. Paul M.B. Church. He was retired from Waterways Experiment Station.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Louis Meeks Sr. and Josephine Roland Meeks; five brothers, Louis Meeks Jr., Oliver Meeks, Edgar Meeks, Theodore Meeks and Raymond Lee Meeks Sr.; and two sisters, Olivia Meeks Lindsey and Vera Meeks Lee.

Survivors include three sons, Sgt. 1st Class Ferdie Meeks of Los Angeles, Orlando Meeks of Vicksburg and Gregory Meeks of Brookhaven; five daughters, Alva Coleman, Williette Rawlings and Janet Oliver Jones, all of Vicksburg, Diane Thomas of Memphis and Sandra Jo Hodge of Texarkana, Texas; a brother, Newton Meeks of Vicksburg; four sisters, Dorothy Meeks and Lois Meeks Shields, both of Vicksburg, Gladys Meeks Hatchett of Sacramento, Calif., and Josie B. Meeks Orr of Pamona, Calif.; 17 grandchildren; great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives.

W.H. Jefferson Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.