Dr. Joe Bernard Meek
January 16, 1936 — February 13, 2015
Dr. Joe Bernard Meek
Dr. Joe B. Meek, 79, passed away Friday, Feb. 13, 2015, while surrounded by his family at Village Green Nursing Home.
He was born Jan. 16, 1936, in Bartow, Fla., to the late Mr. and Mrs. Allan and Mary Meek.
Dr. Meek received a degree in pharmacy from the University of South Carolina before earning his Doctor of Medicine from the Medical College of Charleston, where he specialized in orthopedics. He was the founder of Cape Fear Orthopedics. He served on the Cape Fear Valley Hospital System Board of Trustees from 1983 to 1989. He proudly volunteered his time to serve as the team physician for Seventy First High School, as well as South View High School in the 1990s. He was a devoted member of First Presbyterian Church who enjoyed traveling, flying, tennis and golf. He completed the New York City Marathon in 1978 and 1980. One of his passions was investing in the stock market.
He is survived by his wife, Barbara Meek of Fayetteville; daughter, Karen Meek of Columbia, S.C.; sons, David Meek of Pittsburgh and Jerry Meek of Raleigh.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, at Sullivan’s Highland Funeral Service in Fayetteville. A funeral service officiated by the Rev. Dr. Donna Fowler-Marchant will be conducted at noon Friday, Feb. 20, 2015, in the chapel of Sullivan’s Highland Funeral Service, with a private family burial at a later time.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to First Presbyterian Church of Fayetteville, 102 Ann St., Fayetteville, NC 28301 or a charity of your choice.
Online condolences may be made at sullivanshighland.com.
Services are entrusted to Sullivan’s Highland Funeral service & Crematory.
He was born Jan. 16, 1936, in Bartow, Fla., to the late Mr. and Mrs. Allan and Mary Meek.
Dr. Meek received a degree in pharmacy from the University of South Carolina before earning his Doctor of Medicine from the Medical College of Charleston, where he specialized in orthopedics. He was the founder of Cape Fear Orthopedics. He served on the Cape Fear Valley Hospital System Board of Trustees from 1983 to 1989. He proudly volunteered his time to serve as the team physician for Seventy First High School, as well as South View High School in the 1990s. He was a devoted member of First Presbyterian Church who enjoyed traveling, flying, tennis and golf. He completed the New York City Marathon in 1978 and 1980. One of his passions was investing in the stock market.
He is survived by his wife, Barbara Meek of Fayetteville; daughter, Karen Meek of Columbia, S.C.; sons, David Meek of Pittsburgh and Jerry Meek of Raleigh.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, at Sullivan’s Highland Funeral Service in Fayetteville. A funeral service officiated by the Rev. Dr. Donna Fowler-Marchant will be conducted at noon Friday, Feb. 20, 2015, in the chapel of Sullivan’s Highland Funeral Service, with a private family burial at a later time.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to First Presbyterian Church of Fayetteville, 102 Ann St., Fayetteville, NC 28301 or a charity of your choice.
Online condolences may be made at sullivanshighland.com.
Services are entrusted to Sullivan’s Highland Funeral service & Crematory.
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