Charles Mac Meyer of Hampton Bays, a Suffolk County senior public health sanitarian for 35 years, died on Sunday in St. Louis. The former East Hampton resident was 77 and had been ill for seven months.
After his career as a sanitarian, during which he worked as a food inspector and investigated incidents of lead poisoning at children's summer camps, Mr. Meyer served as an emergency medical technician for the Hampton Bays Volunteer Ambulance Corp, taught CPR for the Town of Southampton, and drove the town's senior citizens shuttle. He also worked for many summers as a security guard at the Hampton Classic Horse Show in Bridgehampton.
He enjoyed the beach, sailing his boat, dancing to country music, traveling, and having Friday night dinners with friends in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., where he owned a house. He was a member of the Hampton Bays Methodist Church.
Born on June 14, 1943, in Durham, N.C., to Charles Edward Meyer and the former Harriet Eileen McVickar, he spent his childhood there, and later moved with his family to New Smyrna Beach and then to East Hampton. He graduated from East Hampton High School in 1962, and earned a degree from Long Island University in 1969.
He married the former Valerie Lynn Miller of Springs in 1966. She survives him, as do their three daughters, Michelle Hawkins of Olivette, Mo., Kimberly Macey of Westford, Mass., and Melinda Meyer of Wilton, Conn. Five grandchildren, Caitlin Hawkins, William Hawkins, Patrick Hawkins, Caleb Macey, and Hannah Macey; a brother, Ben Meyer of Hawthorne, Fla., and a sister, Cherie Reddy of North Brunswick, N.J., also survive.
A celebration of his life will be held at a date to be announced.
Memorial donations have been suggested to the Hampton Bays Volunteer Ambulance Corp, P.O. Box 997, Hampton Bays 11946, or the Southeast Volusia Historical Society, 120 Sams Avenue, New Smyrna Beach, Fla. 32168. Condolences can be shared at kriegshausermortuary.com.
