Charles was born November 9th, 1909 at Hell-Town (now Irwin), Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, the son of Harry George Meek, Sr and Margaret Belle Meckling.
About 1918, following his parent’s divorce, Charles, his brother, Bigler, and their mother, travelled by railroad to Ranger, Texas, where his older siblings, Harry and Iva were living. Charles later described the city of Ranger as “wild, simply wild”. Oil was discovered only a couple years earlier - Ranger had grown from a small rural town of 1,000 to a population of about 30,000. School classes were over crowded despite a new school building and double sessions. Charles was pleased to be in the morning session. He said when the noon bell rang, “I was free”.
After a few years, the family moved on to Tulsa, Oklahoma where his mother met and married Edgar E Claypool.
Charles met Lavina when he lived, with his parents (mother and step-father), at Timber Ridge and Sunnyside communities of Wagoner County, Oklahoma. They were engaged at the young ages of 16 and 14. In the summer of 1927, Charles left Oklahoma with his parents and travelled to Mountain View, California where they made their home. A few years later, he kept his word and returned to Oklahoma to marry Lavina. He then took his new bride and returned to California.
Charles worked for a few years as a laborer loading and unloading ships at Kings Port of Mountain View and later as a truck driver and mechanic for Bayshore Freight Lines. He then purchased his first truck and began his own trucking business. Later, his brother, Harry, and stepfather Ed Claypool shared a partnership with Charles in C & M Trucking Company at Mountain View. They all drove the semi-trucks hauling rolls of newsprint from various ports to several newspapers in the Bay Area, caseloads of canned goods from canneries to the ports, occasional produce and various other loads in the local area. Harry died in 1946. Ed retired in 1953. Charles remained in business as owner/manager with several employees until he sold the company in 1963.
At the age of 19 or 20, Charles purchased his first guitar. He played professionally on a part time basis during the 1940s. He continued to play with friends at Masonic Lodge meetings, church and other special occasions. He could pick up most any instrument and play a melody or strike a few chords but the guitar was always his favorite.
Charles and Lavina were members of the Baptist Church at Mountain View. Charles was a member of the Masonic Lodge and Lavina was a member of Eastern Star.
Charles and Lavina lived and raised their children at Mountain View. They bought land a short distance from Bayshore Highway and built two houses – the family lived in the front house and rented out the house in the back.
In 1958, they moved to nearby Sunnyvale and later to Watsonville, Monterey County, California in 1963 and in 1974 to La Selva Beach, CA.
Charles died on 09 May 1980 at his home at La Selva Beach. Lavina stayed on at the same residence and died there on 10 March 1995. Charles and Lavina are buried in the mausoleum at Alta Mesa Cemetery, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, CA.
Children of Charles & Lavina:
John Phillip Meek 1931 – 1932; Mary Ann Meek 1933 - _____; Jeanette Louise Meek 1935 – 1989; ….. and twins, Richard Hewitt Meek 1938 - _____ Raymond Hewitt Meek 1938 - _____.
About 1918, following his parent’s divorce, Charles, his brother, Bigler, and their mother, travelled by railroad to Ranger, Texas, where his older siblings, Harry and Iva were living. Charles later described the city of Ranger as “wild, simply wild”. Oil was discovered only a couple years earlier - Ranger had grown from a small rural town of 1,000 to a population of about 30,000. School classes were over crowded despite a new school building and double sessions. Charles was pleased to be in the morning session. He said when the noon bell rang, “I was free”.
After a few years, the family moved on to Tulsa, Oklahoma where his mother met and married Edgar E Claypool.
Charles met Lavina when he lived, with his parents (mother and step-father), at Timber Ridge and Sunnyside communities of Wagoner County, Oklahoma. They were engaged at the young ages of 16 and 14. In the summer of 1927, Charles left Oklahoma with his parents and travelled to Mountain View, California where they made their home. A few years later, he kept his word and returned to Oklahoma to marry Lavina. He then took his new bride and returned to California.
Charles worked for a few years as a laborer loading and unloading ships at Kings Port of Mountain View and later as a truck driver and mechanic for Bayshore Freight Lines. He then purchased his first truck and began his own trucking business. Later, his brother, Harry, and stepfather Ed Claypool shared a partnership with Charles in C & M Trucking Company at Mountain View. They all drove the semi-trucks hauling rolls of newsprint from various ports to several newspapers in the Bay Area, caseloads of canned goods from canneries to the ports, occasional produce and various other loads in the local area. Harry died in 1946. Ed retired in 1953. Charles remained in business as owner/manager with several employees until he sold the company in 1963.
At the age of 19 or 20, Charles purchased his first guitar. He played professionally on a part time basis during the 1940s. He continued to play with friends at Masonic Lodge meetings, church and other special occasions. He could pick up most any instrument and play a melody or strike a few chords but the guitar was always his favorite.
Charles and Lavina were members of the Baptist Church at Mountain View. Charles was a member of the Masonic Lodge and Lavina was a member of Eastern Star.
Charles and Lavina lived and raised their children at Mountain View. They bought land a short distance from Bayshore Highway and built two houses – the family lived in the front house and rented out the house in the back.
In 1958, they moved to nearby Sunnyvale and later to Watsonville, Monterey County, California in 1963 and in 1974 to La Selva Beach, CA.
Charles died on 09 May 1980 at his home at La Selva Beach. Lavina stayed on at the same residence and died there on 10 March 1995. Charles and Lavina are buried in the mausoleum at Alta Mesa Cemetery, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, CA.
Children of Charles & Lavina:
John Phillip Meek 1931 – 1932; Mary Ann Meek 1933 - _____; Jeanette Louise Meek 1935 – 1989; ….. and twins, Richard Hewitt Meek 1938 - _____ Raymond Hewitt Meek 1938 - _____.
Charles was born November 9th, 1909 at Hell-Town (now Irwin), Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, the son of Harry George Meek, Sr and Margaret Belle Meckling.
About 1918, following his parent’s divorce, Charles, his brother, Bigler, and their mother, travelled by railroad to Ranger, Texas, where his older siblings, Harry and Iva were living. Charles later described the city of Ranger as “wild, simply wild”. Oil was discovered only a couple years earlier - Ranger had grown from a small rural town of 1,000 to a population of about 30,000. School classes were over crowded despite a new school building and double sessions. Charles was pleased to be in the morning session. He said when the noon bell rang, “I was free”.
After a few years, the family moved on to Tulsa, Oklahoma where his mother met and married Edgar E Claypool.
Charles met Lavina when he lived, with his parents (mother and step-father), at Timber Ridge and Sunnyside communities of Wagoner County, Oklahoma. They were engaged at the young ages of 16 and 14. In the summer of 1927, Charles left Oklahoma with his parents and travelled to Mountain View, California where they made their home. A few years later, he kept his word and returned to Oklahoma to marry Lavina. He then took his new bride and returned to California.
Charles worked for a few years as a laborer loading and unloading ships at Kings Port of Mountain View and later as a truck driver and mechanic for Bayshore Freight Lines. He then purchased his first truck and began his own trucking business. Later, his brother, Harry, and stepfather Ed Claypool shared a partnership with Charles in C & M Trucking Company at Mountain View. They all drove the semi-trucks hauling rolls of newsprint from various ports to several newspapers in the Bay Area, caseloads of canned goods from canneries to the ports, occasional produce and various other loads in the local area. Harry died in 1946. Ed retired in 1953. Charles remained in business as owner/manager with several employees until he sold the company in 1963.
At the age of 19 or 20, Charles purchased his first guitar. He played professionally on a part time basis during the 1940s. He continued to play with friends at Masonic Lodge meetings, church and other special occasions. He could pick up most any instrument and play a melody or strike a few chords but the guitar was always his favorite.
Charles and Lavina were members of the Baptist Church at Mountain View. Charles was a member of the Masonic Lodge and Lavina was a member of Eastern Star.
Charles and Lavina lived and raised their children at Mountain View. They bought land a short distance from Bayshore Highway and built two houses – the family lived in the front house and rented out the house in the back.
In 1958, they moved to nearby Sunnyvale and later to Watsonville, Monterey County, California in 1963 and in 1974 to La Selva Beach, CA.
Charles died on 09 May 1980 at his home at La Selva Beach. Lavina stayed on at the same residence and died there on 10 March 1995. Charles and Lavina are buried in the mausoleum at Alta Mesa Cemetery, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, CA.
Children of Charles & Lavina:
John Phillip Meek 1931 – 1932; Mary Ann Meek 1933 - _____; Jeanette Louise Meek 1935 – 1989; ….. and twins, Richard Hewitt Meek 1938 - _____ Raymond Hewitt Meek 1938 - _____.
About 1918, following his parent’s divorce, Charles, his brother, Bigler, and their mother, travelled by railroad to Ranger, Texas, where his older siblings, Harry and Iva were living. Charles later described the city of Ranger as “wild, simply wild”. Oil was discovered only a couple years earlier - Ranger had grown from a small rural town of 1,000 to a population of about 30,000. School classes were over crowded despite a new school building and double sessions. Charles was pleased to be in the morning session. He said when the noon bell rang, “I was free”.
After a few years, the family moved on to Tulsa, Oklahoma where his mother met and married Edgar E Claypool.
Charles met Lavina when he lived, with his parents (mother and step-father), at Timber Ridge and Sunnyside communities of Wagoner County, Oklahoma. They were engaged at the young ages of 16 and 14. In the summer of 1927, Charles left Oklahoma with his parents and travelled to Mountain View, California where they made their home. A few years later, he kept his word and returned to Oklahoma to marry Lavina. He then took his new bride and returned to California.
Charles worked for a few years as a laborer loading and unloading ships at Kings Port of Mountain View and later as a truck driver and mechanic for Bayshore Freight Lines. He then purchased his first truck and began his own trucking business. Later, his brother, Harry, and stepfather Ed Claypool shared a partnership with Charles in C & M Trucking Company at Mountain View. They all drove the semi-trucks hauling rolls of newsprint from various ports to several newspapers in the Bay Area, caseloads of canned goods from canneries to the ports, occasional produce and various other loads in the local area. Harry died in 1946. Ed retired in 1953. Charles remained in business as owner/manager with several employees until he sold the company in 1963.
At the age of 19 or 20, Charles purchased his first guitar. He played professionally on a part time basis during the 1940s. He continued to play with friends at Masonic Lodge meetings, church and other special occasions. He could pick up most any instrument and play a melody or strike a few chords but the guitar was always his favorite.
Charles and Lavina were members of the Baptist Church at Mountain View. Charles was a member of the Masonic Lodge and Lavina was a member of Eastern Star.
Charles and Lavina lived and raised their children at Mountain View. They bought land a short distance from Bayshore Highway and built two houses – the family lived in the front house and rented out the house in the back.
In 1958, they moved to nearby Sunnyvale and later to Watsonville, Monterey County, California in 1963 and in 1974 to La Selva Beach, CA.
Charles died on 09 May 1980 at his home at La Selva Beach. Lavina stayed on at the same residence and died there on 10 March 1995. Charles and Lavina are buried in the mausoleum at Alta Mesa Cemetery, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, CA.
Children of Charles & Lavina:
John Phillip Meek 1931 – 1932; Mary Ann Meek 1933 - _____; Jeanette Louise Meek 1935 – 1989; ….. and twins, Richard Hewitt Meek 1938 - _____ Raymond Hewitt Meek 1938 - _____.
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