Melba Bernice Alexander

Compton

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IN LOVING MEMORY

Melba Bernice Alexander Compton

Apr 05 1928 - Nov 01 2012

Funeral Services for Melba Bernice Alexander Compton, 84 year old Celeste resident, are scheduled for 2:00 P.M. Tuesday November 6, 2012 at the First Baptist Church of Celeste. Bro. Jim Sherwin and Bro. James Ralson will officiate. Burial will be in the Celeste/Hogeye Cemetery at Celeste. Family visitation will be from 6 until 8 P.M. Monday November 5, 2012 at the Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Chapel at Leonard.

Mrs. Compton was born April 5, 1928 at Bailey, Texas. Her parents were Erman Lee and Eulah Mae Duncan Alexander. She was a high school graduate and a member of the First Baptist Church of Celeste, as well as the WMU (Women’s Missionary Union) and the Celeste Coffee Club. She married Bobby Joe Compton on March 16, 1945. She worked for many years as a homemaker and caregiver. She passed away Thursday November 1, 2012 due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law: Bobby Duane & Sue Compton and Davis Russell & Debbie Compton all of Celeste TX; her daughter and son-in-law: Leah & David Macaluso of Bayou Vista, TX; her sister: Sybil Alexander Hutchinson of Lubbock, TX; her 15 grandchildren and her 13 great grandchildren.

In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by: 8 siblings, 1 Grandson (David Cotten) and 1 Great-Grandson (Brian Austin Stringer).

Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Celeste Learning Center or to the Hogeye Community Center.

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