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Melva Loraine Jackson

Female 1925 - 2009  (83 years)


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  • Name Melva Loraine Jackson 
    Born 3 Sep 1925  Ottumwa, Wapello Co, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 15 May 2009 
    Buried Stephenville, Erath Co, Texas, USA (Erath Gardens Of Memory) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I20950  A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
    Last Modified 2 Nov 2013 

    Father Clarence Van Jackson,   b. 21 Dec 1902,   d. Dec 1976, Ottumwa, Wapello Co, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Edith McMullen,   b. 11 Nov 1905,   d. Feb 1981, Ottumwa, Wapello Co, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Family ID F8810  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eugene Cleo Vest,   b. 10 Sep 1923, Ottumwa, Wapello Co, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1986, Stephenville, Erath Co, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 27 Aug 1943  Ottumwa, Wapello Co, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2009 
    Family ID F8820  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Cemetery:
      http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37645478

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      Obituary:
      STEPHENVILLE, TX -- Melva L. Vest, 83, a homemaker, died Friday, May 15, 2009, at a local hospital. Services at 2 p.m., Monday, May 18, 2009, at the Lacy Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Paul Ganther officiating. Burial at Gardens of Memory Cemetery.

      Melva was born on Sept. 3, 1925, to the late Clarence and Edith (McMullen) Jackson in Ottumwa, Iowa. She married Eugene Cleo Vest on Aug. 27, 1943, in Lancaster, Missouri. He preceded her in death on Feb. 25, 1986. She was a member of the Methodist Church, the VFW, and The Eagles. Survivors include two sons, Harold Vest and wife, Darline, of Stephenville, and Ronald Vest and wife, Linda, of Clinton, Missouri; nine grandchildren, Shelly Vest, Kevin Vest, Heather Grimes, Russell Vest, Robert Vest, Melissa Hess, Robert Terry, Jeffrey Terry, and Jeremy Terry; 19 great-grandchildren; and one great great-grandson.

      Published May 17, 2009, in the Stephenville Empire-Tribune