Rev. Tommy David Meers

Reverend Tommy Meers was 88 years old when he went to be with the Lord on Wednesday morning, April 5, 2023. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at Pleasantview Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas. Interment will be at 12:30 p.m. at Emerald Hills Memorial Park in Kennedale, Texas.

Tommy David Meers was born in Dallas, Texas on February 17, 1935 to Dr. and Mrs. Weldon Meers. He married JoAnn Webb in December of 1955. He graduated from Bob Jones University in South Carolina and during that time held Evangelistic Crusades. He became the Associate Pastor of Central Baptist Church in Amarillo, Texas. He was later called to pastor First Bible Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He returned to pastor Central Baptist Church in Amarillo, Texas and while there was a chaplain at High Plains Baptist Hospital. During his pastorate in Plainview, Texas, he founded The World Baptist Youth Conference and was the director of the conference for many years. He retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone Company as a Senior Account Executive for the Federal Government. He became a professor at Arlington Baptist College where he taught The Life of Christ and Pentateuch. He loved the Lord Jesus Christ and spent his life preaching and teaching about the Lord.
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He was a wonderful Christian husband and father. He was preceded in death by his wife, JoAnn Meers, in January of 2020. He is survived by son and daughter-in- law, Brent and Lynne Meers and daughter Debbie Meers. He loved his family and was loved by his family. Though we are sadden, we know he is rejoicing in Heaven and because we have accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we have the assurance we will see him again, and will be reunited for Eternity.