Biography: Linda Whatley Meek, of Little Rock, Arkansas, died on February 15, 2012. She was born on October 9, 1915, a descendent of early settlers of south Arkansas who were pioneers in railroading, timber, and sawmilling and had a hardware and mercantile store in Main Street in Junction City?all on the Arkansas side of the Arkansas-Louisiana state line. She graduated from El Dorado High School and McKay?s Business School and became a secretary and later a housewife. Her father and mother were Peter Davis Whatley and Hettie Jones Whatley. Her beloved sister and brother-in-law were Harrie Mae and Doyle Caplinger. She is predeceased by all. The only grandparent surviving when she was born was her maternal grandmother who placed a very special part in her life, Melinda Nichols Jones, for whom she was named. She married her love, John Thomas Meek, in 1937. They had been married sixty-one years at the time of his death in 1998, their last years having been spent in Little Rock. She was a lifelong Arkansan and Baptist and proud of both. She was a member of Pulaski Heights Baptist Church in Little Rock. After her husband?s death she lived happily at Parkway Village during the last years of her life. Her survivors are Dr. Tom Meek, Jr. and wife Anne Meek, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Dr. William Meek and wife Dr. Gail Eisenhauer, of Little Rock, Arkansas, Ellen Meek and Ed Jones, of Houston, Texas, and their families, and several cousins, including Anne Jones Rowe, Melinda Jones Beggs, Cleveland Jones, and Martha Ann Meek Garrett. She also wanted it known that she considered her many friends also as her special survivors. A memorial service will be held on Friday at 12:30 PM in the chapel of Parkway Village, 14300 Chenal Parkway, Little Rock, AR 72211 with Rev. Randy Hyde officiating. Burial will be private. Linda requested no flowers, but to send memorials to a charity of your choice