Dorothy (Dot) A. Meeks, 90 of Leonardtown, MD died August 30 at Hospice of St. Mary’s in Callaway, MD. Born March 22, 1925 in Atlantic City, NJ, she was the daughter of the late William Shields and Mary Carberry and the loving wife of the late Lt. Joseph R. Meeks whom she married in 1948, and who preceded her in death on August 30, 2012. Dot is survived by her sisters Elizabeth Clayton of Norfolk, VA and Gertrude Long of Egg Harbor Township, NJ and her two daughters Eileen T. Meeks of Falls Church, VA and Shirley A. Poehnelt of Reston, VA. Dot was a proud U.S. Navy wife who accompanied her husband to a number of overseas duty stations spanning from Yokosuka Japan to Port Lyautey, Morocco and to many in the states from San Diego, CA to Quonset Point, RI. After Joe retired from the Navy in the early 1970s, Dot and Joe moved to St. Mary’s County, first living in Lexington Park, then California, and finally settling in Leonardtown. Dot had a zest for life that was infectious. She was energetic and known for roller skating in Atlantic City, riding her bicycle around her neighborhood in California, and […]
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