Orville "Junior" Geddes

Orville M. "Junior" Geddes, 86 of Meade, Kansas died Sunday, May 6, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, May 10, 2012 at the Ralph O. Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Larry Neil officiating. Visitation will be held from 2:00 p.m. till the time of service at the funeral home. A dinner will be held at 1:00 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church in Odessa for family and friends. Burial will be in the Odessa City Cemetery with military rites. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donors choice. Condolences to the family may be left at www.ralphojones.com. Orville was born December 9, 1925 in Carthage, Illinois to Orville M. and Gayle (Burrow) Geddes. He was raised by his mother and stepfather Fred Conley Gann in Odessa, MO. He attended Weaver Rural School southeast of Odessa. He served in the Navy during World War II, enlisting December 12, 1942, in Kansas City. He trained at Great Lakes, Ill, and Boston, Mass., where he attended gunners school. He served aboard the USS Charette from May, 1943, until his honorable discharge in January, 1947, attaining the rank of coxswain. He attended the First Baptist Church in Meade. He was married to Elma Irene "Reny" Adams on January 19, 1949 in Lexington, MO. They moved to Meade in 1964. She preceded him in death on June 29, 2009. He was employed as a heavy equipment operator and later as a pipeline inspector for Panhandle Eastern Pipeline. Survivors include two sons and a daughter-in-law, Orville Maurice Jr. Geddes and wife Kim of Meade, KS, Roy Wade Geddes and companion Coni of Meade, KS; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Marilyn Arnold and husband Randy, Roseann Robinette; a brother and five sister-in-laws, Frederick "Feech" Gann and wife Bernice, Betty Davis, Joy Tye, JoAnn Shepherd all of Odessa, MO, Helen Adams of Bangs, Texas; 12 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by two sons, E.C. Geddes, James Fred Geddes and a brother Robert William "Bob" Geddes.