Funeral service for Gilbert Meeks will be Thursday, September 13, 2018, at 1:30 p.m. at the First Christian Church in Cherokee, Oklahoma, with burial to follow at Byron-Amorita Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. with family present from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home Inc. of Cherokee. Online condolences may be made at www.lanmanmemorials.com.

Gilbert was born in Byron, Oklahoma, on Oct. 19, 1922, to Curtis and Dorothy Faye (McClaflin) Meeks. He passed away at the Community Health Center in Wakita on September 8, 2018. Gilbert grew up in the...