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Dr. Arnold Hugh Meckley
JUNCTION — Dr. Arnold Hugh Meckley, 79, of Junction, passed away at Wilford Hall Medical Medical Center in San Antonio on Nov. 14, 2009, after a long illness.
Dr. Meckley was born to Kenneth and Retha Meckley, on May 1, 1930, in Walgrove, W.Va. After completing high school a year early, he went on to attain his Bachelor of Arts, with honors, from West Virginia University in 1951, and his Bachelor of Science from West Virginia School of Medicine in 1953. In 1955, he graduated with his M.D. from the Medical College of Virginia, after which he completed his internship at the Medical College of Virginia Hospitals in 1956. He then served as a captain in the United States Army, stationed in Germany from 1956 to 1958; and upon returning to the states, he began his postgraduate studies in ophthalmology at Baylor University College of Medicine. He completed his Hospital Residency Training Program in Ophthalmology in 1961.
Dr. Meckley set up his private ophthalmology practice in West Texas, in Midland, in 1961. During his 30-year career there, he served on the American Board of Ophthalmology, and was a fellow with the Academy of O&O. He was a member of the American Medical Association, the Texas Medical Association and the Midland County Medical Society, and also was a member of the Board of Medical Advisors for the Texas State Commission for the Blind and of the Board of Medical Advisors for the Texas Society for the Prevention of Blindness. During his career, he served Midland Memorial Hospital as secretary-treasurer for the medical staff, was a member of the board of trustees, and was president of the medical staff. He retired from his practiced in 1991.
Dr. Meckley is survived by his wife of 56 years, Billie Dove Meckley; his son and his daughter-in-law, Lee Arnold and Marisol Meckley of Austin; and his daughter, Lynn Ann Meckley of Kerrville.
Services will be at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 17, at Gentry-Fife Funeral Home chapel. Interment will follow at Junction City Cemetery.
The family requests that memorials be directed to the Kimble Hospital Building Fund.
You may e-mail your condolences to: GentryFuneralHomes(at)Gmail.com.
Services are entrusted to Gentry-Fife Funeral Home of Junction, Texas.
Published November 17, 2009
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