Meece was one of two sons - a brother died early in life - of Drewry Meece, Sr. (1886-1949), and the former Mauda Wade (1891-1963),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24879704#view-photo=46876558|title=Drewry Meece (1886-1949)|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=December 3, 2017}}</ref> born in Russell Springs in Russell County in southern Kentucky. Called to the ministry at the age of seventeen, Meece was the pastor of several churches in Russell County but had been affiliated with the Lowell Avenue Baptist Church in Campbellsville while on the CU faculty and in retirement thereafter.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbiamagazine.com/index.php?sid=31326|title= | Meece was one of two sons - a brother died early in life - of Drewry Meece, Sr. (1886-1949), and the former Mauda Wade (1891-1963),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24879704#view-photo=46876558|title=Drewry Meece (1886-1949)|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=December 3, 2017}}</ref> born in Russell Springs in Russell County in southern Kentucky. Called to the ministry at the age of seventeen, Meece was the pastor of several churches in Russell County but had been affiliated with the Lowell Avenue Baptist Church in Campbellsville while on the CU faculty and in retirement thereafter.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbiamagazine.com/index.php?sid=31326|title= |