Obit of Hoover, Melvin Lee - Tillman County, Oklahoma

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::Elmwood Memorial Park--Abilene TX

Melvin Lee Hoover

PLAINVIEW - Melvin Lee Hoover, 68, died Monday, July 14, 2003.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Garland Street Church of Christ with Karl King, minister of Baker Street Church of Christ in Abilene, officiating. Burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Elmwood Memorial Park in Abilene by Bartley-Silva Funeral Home of Plainview.
Mr. Hoover was born March 7, 1935, in Marlow, Okla. He married Sherry Gober on June 26, 1955, in Stillwater, Okla. Melvin was a member of the Church of Christ. He graduated from Frederick, Okla., High School in 1953, and still remains friends with all of his classmates.
He was recognized with numerous outstanding awards with the USDA on the national level as well as the state level. He worked for the USDA for 38 years. He also worked for Farm Service Agency as district director. He had lived in Plainview for 20 years, moving from Hereford. He had lived and served in many other towns in the Panhandle area. Melvin was an avid sports fan.
Survivors include his wife; his mother, Evie Sharp Hoover of Kermit; a son, Steven Lee Hoover of Victoria; a daughter, Deborah Dellene Dunson of Abilene; three sisters, Betty Jean Brown of Tipton, Okla., Frances Geraldine Arnold of Kermit and Catherine Jan Weaver of Houston; two brothers, Billy Ray Hoover of Weatherford and Michael Thomas Hoover of Mesquite; and five grandchildren.
Amarillo Globe-News, July 16, 2003 
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