Obituary

Funeral services for Odena Melton, 87, of Plainview will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Kornerstone Funeral Directors Chapel with Wayne Horton, minister of Cactus Drive Church of Christ in Levelland, officiating. Burial will follow in Parklawn Memorial Gardens under the direction of Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview. Visitation will be from 6:30-7:30 p.m. today at the funeral home. Mrs. Melton died Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, in Plainview. She was born May 17, 1922, in Hope, Ark. She grew up in Memphis, Texas, and graduated from Memphis High School in 1939. She married Dewey Melton on Jan. 1, 1946. They moved to Plainview in 1949 to farm. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Ninth and Columbia Church of Christ, Edmonson Church of Christ and the Edmonson Home Demonstration Club. Odena was preceded in death by her husband, Dewey Melton; her parents, Victor and Eva Yarbrough; brothers, Howard, Alvin and Coy Yarbrough; and a sister, Una Pearl Yarbrough. Survivors include her three sons, Gary Melton of Lubbock, Weldon Melton and his wife, Judy, of Plainview and Kenny Melton and his wife, Shelley, of Lubbock; seven grandchildren, Rob Melton, Ryan Melton, Jared Melton, Kimberlea Brandon, Erin Melton, Bailey Melton and Tucker Melton; and seven great-grandchildren. Memorials may be sent to Lubbock Children's Home, 1712 E. 31st, Lubbock, TX 79404; or to a favorite charity. Online condolences may be sent to www.kornerstonefunerals.com