Love Co., OK. - Obit for Melba Jean Williams

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Obit for Melba Jean Williams

Services for Melba Jean Williams, 73, will be Friday at 10:30 a.m. in the 
Church of Christ, with Bro. Ray Hilliard officiating.

Mrs. Williams was born November 2, 1926, at Wilson and died February 1, 2000, 
at her home in Marietta.  She was the daughter of Wiley Edmond and Bonnie 
Spencer Rhea.

Mrs. Williams had lived in Marietta since 1942.  She married Joe M. Williams 
on February 22, 1963, in Boswell.  Mrs. Williams was a homemaker and a member 
of the VFW and American Legion Auxiliary.  She was a member of the Church of 
Christ.

She is survived by a daughter, Rita Gantt Teafatiller, Marietta; one son 
and daughter-in-law, Jack and LaChrica Jones, Chandler; one brother, Bobby 
Joe Rhea, Bedford, Texas; two sisters, Wylene Wallace, Marietta and Lucy 
Welch, Kansas City, Missouri; and five grandchildren.

Mrs. Williams was preceded in death by her husband, Joe M. Williams on May 
9, 1987; two brothers, Jim Rhea in 1989, and George Henry Rhea in 1998; two 
sisters, Elouise Sherman in 1989, and Billie Dunn in 1988.

Interment will be in Lakeview Cemetery under the direction of Kennedy 
Funeral Home.  Pallbearers are Marty Grisham, Jerry McGill, Vance McGill, 
Mike Welch, Eddie Wallace and Fred Sherman.  Honorary bearers include 
Johnny Hood, Troy Davis, Floyd Johnson, Eldridge Colston, Crawford Cameron, 
Bill McGehee, Jack McGehee, David McGehee, Rudolph McGehee, Norman Flanagan
and Travis Givens.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, c/o Kennedy Funeral Home.

Family visitation will be held Thursday, February 3, from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Source:  Marietta Monitor, Love County, February 4, 2000, page 4