IF YOU ARE VISITING THIS SITE, PLEASE LIGHT A CANDLE FOR EDWARD. THANKS FOR VISITING. 

This memorial website was created in the memory of our loved one, EDWARD LEE MEEKS IV who was born in St. Joseph, Missouri on May 29, 1992 and passed away on October 13, 2005 at the age of 13. We will remember and love him forever. 

EDWARD WAS BORN LAUGHING, I THINK. HE WENT THROUGH ALOT. BETWEEN ALL THE BLEEDING AND THE AMNIOCENTESIS'S, THE DOCTORS FIGURED I WAS HAVING A MISCARRIAGE. AFTER THE C-SECTION, HE WAS LIFE FLIGHTED TO GET A BLOOD TRANSFUSION. HIS BILIRUBIN WAS DANGEROUSLY HIGH. HIS BIG BROTHER WANTED TO GIVE HIS OWN BLOOD, BUT THEY SAID THERE WASN'T ENOUGH TIME. AFTER A WEEK, HE FINALLY GOT TO COME HOME. AND YES WE SPOILED HIM. HELD HIM 24/7. HE ALWAYS GIGGLED. ALWAYS WANTED 5 BOYS, GOD ONLY GAVE ME 2. AS HE WAS GETTING OLDER, HE WOULD ALWAYS TELL JOKES, KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT CARS-THE MAKES AND MODELS. HE WAS A VERY INTELLIGENT AND CONSIDERATE LITTLE BOY. AS SOON AS HE WAS ABLE TO TALK, HE WOULD ALWAYS ASK ME, "MOM, WHO DO YOU LOVE THE MOST, ME OR AL(BIG BROTHER)? I WOULD ALWAYS ANSWER, "I LOVE YOU THE MOST AS MY YOUNGEST SON AND I LOVE AL THE MOST AS MY OLDEST SON." I CAN STILL REMEMBER THE SMILE HE HAD ON HIS FACE WHEN I GAVE HIM MY ANSWER. HE HAD DREAMS OF BEING AN ACTOR OR A COMEDIAN. HE HAD MANY DREAMS. WE ALWAYS KISSED AND HUGGED AND THEN BLEW EACH OTHER KISSES. ONE NIGHT AFTER OUR RITUAL, I WAS  TAKEN TO ICU, MINUTES AFTER 7PM. THERE WAS THE LITTLE BOY THAT I HAD JUST KISSED, HUGGED, AND BLEW KISSES TO.  A FRIEND HAD CALLED HIM AND AS HE WAS ON HIS WAY WALKING TO THEIR HOUSE, A BLAZING VEHICLE. DUI, HIT HIM AND THREW HIM. MY SON WAS WALKING IN THE GRASS. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE DRIVER WAS ON 4 YEARS PROBATION FOR THE SAME THING THE PREVIOUS SUMMER. THE DRIVER LEFT MY SON AT THE SITE AND DROVE ON HOME TO HIDE.  MY SON DIED. THE MAN WAS PICKED UP A FEW HOURS LATER. I HAVE WAITED TO WRITE ANY OF OF THIS, BUT I THINK ITS TIME TO LET HIS STORY OUT. THE DRIVER HAD HIS PROBATION REVOKED AND AS OF OCT 13, 2005, THAT SEEMS TO BE ALL THAT HAS BEEN DONE. MY SON WAS AND WILL ALWAYS BE PRECIOUS TO ME. I WILL WRITE MORE AS IT GOES ON AND I HOPE ITS OVER SOON. I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH BUBBY! ITS WORSE WITH ALL THE COURT DATES AND KNOWING THAT NOTHING WILL EVER REPLACE THE PRECIOUS ANGEL THAT I LOST THAT NIGHT. I AM VERY HEARTBROKEN, NOT ONLY WAS EDWARD MY SON, HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND, HE MADE ME LAUGH AND ALWAYS HAD A SMILE, HUG, OR A PAT. HE HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR LIFE, LOVED HAVING FRIENDS AND HAD GREAT PLANS FOR HIS FUTURE. WE DID ALOT TOGETHER FROM BIKE RIDING, SCOOTER RIDING, WALKING AND TALKING ALONG THE WAY. WE WERE VERY CLOSE.  I AM SORRY HIS LIFE AND FUTURE WAS TAKEN AWAY. MY LIFE HAS BEEN FOREVER CHANGED. BUBBY, YOU WILL REMAIN IN MY HEART FOREVER AND THE TEARS WILL NEVER END. I WILL ALWAYS THINK ABOUT YOU BUBBY AND LOVE YOU...

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*THE JURY TRIAL WAS SET FOR FEBRUARY 24, 2007.

 TWO WEEKS PRIOR, THE PROSECUTOR CALLED THE FAMILY TO HIS OFFICE. THE DEFENDANT WAS MAKING A GUILTY PLEA TO AVOID THE JURY TRIAL. THE PROSECUTOR WANTED US TO THINK ABOUT THE PLEA. WE STATED THAT WE DID NOT WANT TO ACCEPT THE PLEA AND WANTED THE TRIAL. THE DEFENDANT HAD INJURED A 15Y/O BOY THE YEAR PRIOR AND HE IS LEFT WITH LIFE ALTERING INJURIES. MY SON WAS KILLED. MY SON RECEIVED THE DEATH SENTENCE AND WE RECEIVED A LIFE SENTENCE. MY DECEASED SON AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY HAVE OUR DAYS RUNNING CONSECUTIVELY PACKED WITH PAIN, TEARS, AND HEARTACHE, AND THEY WANTED THE DEFENDANTS CHARGES TO RUN CONCURRENTLY? BOTH TIMES, THE DEFENDANT RAN HOME FROM THE SCENE TO HIDE. SURE, HE WAS DRINKING ON PROBATION. MY SON NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO RUN.

 AFTER THE PROSECUTOR WAS INFORMED OF OUR WISHES TO NOT ACCEPT THE PLEA, HE STATED THAT HE WAS TAKING IT. EASY WAY OUT FOR HIM I GUESS.  HE MADE ALL THESE PROMISES FOR A YEAR AND A HALF OF WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO TO PUT THIS MAN AWAY AND ALSO GIVE HIM ADDITIONAL TIME FOR BEING A OBITUAL OFFENDER, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ADDITIONAL 8-9 YEARS. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE WISHED HE COULD HAVE BEEN THE ONE WHO PROSECUTED HIM THE YEAR PRIOR, INSTEAD OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. MY SON WOULD STILL BE HERE TODAY, IF THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED.THE DEFENDANT WAS DATING A SECRETARY IN THE PROSECUTORS OFFICE AT THAT TIME, WHICH WAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, SO THE PROSECUTOR COULDN'T PROSECUTE HIM.  HE DIDN'T DO MUCH FOR MY SON OR US ANYWAY, HE DROPPED THE BALL. THE DEFENDANT WAS ON TAPE DRINKING 5 BEERS WITHIN AN ESTABLISHMENT, CHARGING EACH ONE WITH A CREDIT CARD.

 APRIL 24, 2007, THE DEFENDANT WAS SENTENCED TO A "B" FELONY, 10 YEARS-INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND A "D" FELONY, 4YEARS-LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT. HIS TIME WILL RUN CONCURRENTLY. IT WAS COMBINED TO A TOTAL OF 10 YEARS. THE OBITUAL OFFENDER CHARGE WAS NOT ADDED. THE JUDGE HAD FROM FEBUARY 24, 2007 TO APRIL 24, 2007 TO REVIEW THE CASE AND MAKE HIS DECISION FOR THE SENTENCING. I AM VERY HURT AND DISAPPOINTED WITH ALL WHO WERE INVOLVED WITH THIS CASE AND WHO REPRESENT THE LEGAL SYSTEM IN BUCHANAN COUNTY, ST. JOSEPH, MO. MY SON AND THE REST OF US WERE LET DOWN. THE DEFENDANT WILL PROBABLY SERVE 7-8 OF THOSE YEARS. ITS TOO BAD HE DIDN'T GET WHAT HE DESERVED. THIS IS NO JUSTICE AND THERE WILL NEVER BE ANY CLOSURE FOR THE LOSS OF MY LITTLE SON. THIS WAS AN INNOCENT, PRECIOUS, LITTLE BOY. I HAD ASKED, "WHOSE CHILD IS NEXT? OUR PLEAS WERE ON DEAF EARS AND COLD HEARTS.

"LOVE IS ETERNAL"...SO IS THE PAIN......*********************************************************
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A SCHOLARSHIP FUND HAS BEEN SET UP FOR A MEMBER OF THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 2010:

EDWARD LEE MEEKS IV SCHOLARSHIP FUND
C/O ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL DISTRICT BUSINESS OFFICE
925 FELIX STREET
ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI  64501 

The Edward Lee Meeks IV Scholarship Award for 2010 was awarded to:

Serenity Allen, a very good friend of Edwards. Good luck in your furture Serenity!!! I will be thinking about you always! Teresa