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Meece was a member of Phi Delta Kappa and the University of Kentucky Alumni Association He made thirteen trips abroad with students to [[Egypt]], [[Israel]], [[Jordan]], [[Athens]], [[Greece]], and [[Rome]]. He made four other trips to [[China]] from 1995 to 1999 to teach [[English]] in the summer. He operated a nursing home ministry at the Fair Oaks Rest Home in Jamestown, Kentucky.<ref name=bio/>

Meece was a member of Phi Delta Kappa and the University of Kentucky Alumni Association He made thirteen trips abroad with students to [[Egypt]], [[Israel]], [[Jordan]], [[Athens]], [[Greece]], and [[Rome]]. He made four other trips to [[China]] from 1995 to 1999 to teach [[English]] in the summer. He operated a nursing home ministry at the Fair Oaks Rest Home in Jamestown, Kentucky.<ref name=bio/>

On April 25, 1965, he wed the former Shirley Baker (1929-2021), a native of Berea, Kentucky, and a graduate of the University of Kentucky who retired as an English professor at Campbellsville University. The Meeces are interred along with his parents at the Fairview Baptist Church Cemetery in Russell Springs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/cknj/obituary.aspx?n=shirley-b-meece&pid=198210845&fhid=15718|title=Shirley B. Meece obituary|publisher=''Central Kentucky News-Journal|date=April 1, 2021|acccessdate=April 7, 2021}}</ref>

On April 25, 1965, he wed the former Shirley Baker (1929-2021), a native of Berea, Kentucky, the daughter of Taylor P. and Marie Gay Baker, and a graduate of the University of Kentucky. She retired as an English professor at Campbellsville University. The Meeces are interred along with his parents at the Fairview Baptist Church Cemetery in Russell Springs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/cknj/obituary.aspx?n=shirley-b-meece&pid=198210845&fhid=15718|title=Shirley B. Meece obituary|publisher=''Central Kentucky News-Journal|date=April 1, 2021|acccessdate=April 7, 2021}}</ref>

Rhonda Sims, a long-term educational official for the State of Kentucky, in an interview in 2015 recalls Meece as one of her mentors in the field. Sims said that Meece and several other mentors all shared "the common characteristics of caring for students as individuals, having strong content knowledge, holding high expectations, providing feedback and supports, and serving as learning coaches."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentuckyteacher.org/features/2015/09/keep-the-focus-on-students/|title=Keep the focus on students|publisher=kentuckyteacher.org|date=September 22, 2015|accessdate=December 4, 2017}}</ref>

Rhonda Sims, a long-term educational official for the State of Kentucky, in an interview in 2015 recalls Meece as one of her mentors in the field. Sims said that Meece and several other mentors all shared "the common characteristics of caring for students as individuals, having strong content knowledge, holding high expectations, providing feedback and supports, and serving as learning coaches."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentuckyteacher.org/features/2015/09/keep-the-focus-on-students/|title=Keep the focus on students|publisher=kentuckyteacher.org|date=September 22, 2015|accessdate=December 4, 2017}}</ref>