Wayne Darrell Meeks, age 79, of Milledgeville, Georgia passed away February 18, 2024 at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center after a short illness. He was a native of Bacon County and son of the late Roy Meeks and Etta Mae Thompson Meeks.

Wayne was a 1962 graduate of Nicholls High and was the class Valedictorian. He went on to the University of Georgia where he earned a bachelor's degree in business and later a master's degree in business administration. After college Mr. Meeks served his country in the U.S. Air Force reaching the rank of Captain

Survivors include his brother, Jerod Meeks and wife Sandra of St Augustine, FL and sister, Wanda O'Brien and husband John of Nicholls.

Funeral services will be held Sunday, February 25, 2024 at 2:00 PM from the chapel of Crosby Funeral Home with Rev. T. F. Yawn officiating. Interment will follow in Roberts Cemetery. The family will be receiving friends at the funeral home Sunday from 1:00 PM until service time.

Crosby Funeral Home will be in charge of arrangememts.