Kenneth L. Meyer Jr.

Kenneth L. Meyer Jr. was born in Woodward, Oklahoma on February 22, 1926 to Kenneth L. Meyer and Coralie Fisher Meyer, and died on the 18th day of December, 2023. He is survived by three children, Kenneth L. Meyer III, Michael M. Meyer, and Elaine Kathleen Meyer Jr.; seven grandchildren, Lauren N. Meyer Fletcher, Leslie A. Meyer, Katie K. Meyer High, Suzanne Meyer Massey, Lisa Marie Meyer Eubanks, Anna K. Meyer Lynum, and Jeremiah T. Meyer; and 24 great-grandchildren. His wife of 59 years, Elaine Kathleen Nesbitt Meyer; and one child, Elizabeth Suzanne Meyer; sister, Patricia Ann Meyer Franks; and brother, Larry T. Meyer predeceased him. During World War II, he served in both the Army and the Navy, and was recalled by the Navy to make the amphibious landing at Inchon and to serve in the seas about Korea during the Korean War. In 1950, he graduated from the University of Oklahoma Law School where he was inducted into Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. Mr. Meyer practiced law in Checotah and served as Assistant County Attorney of McIntosh County before associating with The First National Bank and Trust Company of Muskogee where he was an officer and Director for almost thirty years. While engaged in banking, he was elected President of the Trust Division of the Oklahoma Bankers Association. He pursued the practice of law briefly after retirement from the bank and then joined Phoenix Federal Savings and Loan Association to establish trust services for its customers. This was the first Savings and Loan Association in Oklahoma to enter into the trust business. After the Phoenix closed its doors, he practiced law with Mike Norman until Judge Norman was elevated to the bench. Mr. Meyer was active in church, professional and civic affairs. A member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, and past president of the Muskogee County Bar Association which he served as treasurer for 43 years. He was past president, and Paul Harris Fellow of the Muskogee Rotary club and served as its treasurer for 42 years. He was also treasurer of the First United Methodist Church from 1953 to 2023. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion and the National Rifle Association. He was also the first Chairman of the Muskogee War Memorial Park Authority which he helped create to bring the submarine “Batfish” to its present location from the Arkansas River where it had been abandoned by a defunct State of Oklahoma Commission. Mr. Meyer was a member of many masonic bodies: Muskogee Oriental Lodge 430, Muskogee Chapter 3 RAM, Muskogee Council 2 CM, Muskogee Commandery 2, Knights Templar, Valley of McAlester Scottish Rite, a past Director of Court 99 of the Royal Order of Jesters, and a past member of the Saint Luke Conclave of Red Cross of Constantine. Funeral services for Mr. Meyer will be at 10AM, Wednesday, December 27, 2023 at First United Methodist Church in Muskogee. Interment will be at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Oklahoma City, OK.

Kenneth L. Meyer Jr.

February 22, 1926 - December 18, 2023