Melba Daves, 70, of Sweetwater, died Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2001 at Abilene Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 11, 2001 at First Baptist Church in Sweetwater with Dr. Joel McCoy. Burial will follow at Garden of Memories in Sweetwater. Arrangements were made under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home of Sweetwater.
Mrs. Daves was born Feb. 21, 1931 in Ranger to H. D. & Winona Lanham. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Sweetwater where she was a member of the church choir. She was also a member of the Bridge Club. She worked and was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Drennon Daves of Sweetwater; one daughter, Marsha Otterstedt and husband, Jeff of Granville, Ohio; and two grandsons, Tyler and Kyle Otterstedt of Granville, Ohio.
Pallbearers will be Pat Gerald, Les Wooten, David Welch, Kevin Hutson, Tommy Lancaster and David Green.
The family requests memorials be made to: American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 295, Sweetwater TX 79556 or Susan G. Komen Foundation, Research for Breast Cancer, 5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 370, Dallas TX 75244.
From THE SWEETWATER (TX) REPORTER
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Melba Daves, 70, of Sweetwater, died Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2001 at Abilene Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 11, 2001 at First Baptist Church in Sweetwater with Dr. Joel McCoy. Burial will follow at Garden of Memories in Sweetwater. Arrangements were made under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home of Sweetwater.
Mrs. Daves was born Feb. 21, 1931 in Ranger to H. D. & Winona Lanham. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Sweetwater where she was a member of the church choir. She was also a member of the Bridge Club. She worked and was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Drennon Daves of Sweetwater; one daughter, Marsha Otterstedt and husband, Jeff of Granville, Ohio; and two grandsons, Tyler and Kyle Otterstedt of Granville, Ohio.
Pallbearers will be Pat Gerald, Les Wooten, David Welch, Kevin Hutson, Tommy Lancaster and David Green.
The family requests memorials be made to: American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 295, Sweetwater TX 79556 or Susan G. Komen Foundation, Research for Breast Cancer, 5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 370, Dallas TX 75244.
From THE SWEETWATER (TX) REPORTER
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Doris Lanham Snyder
1927–1999
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Melba Ruth Lanham
1931–1998
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Eldon Dwight Lanham
1933–2017
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Lanita Ruth Creager Williamson
1933–2018
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Zora Frances Lanham Johnson
1935–2017
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James Paul "Jim" Lanham
1936–2020
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Stephen Wayne Lanham
1937–2008
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Dennis Carroll Lanham
1943–1996
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Linda Jeanette Lanham
1944–1951
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David Michael Lanham
1945–2019
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