Melvin E.Lindsey

 Melvin E. Lindsey, Age 77, of Greenville passed away on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at Hinton Nursing Home in Farmersville.  Services will be Friday at 10:00 AM at Coker-Mathews Chapel with Don Kubica officiating.  Interment will follow at Memoryland Memorial Park.  Visitation will be from 6 to 8 PM on Thursday at the funeral home.

 

Mr. Lindsey was born on September 14, 1930 in Quinlan to Evert Benjamin Lindsey and Mary Bell Mathews.  On June 10, 1950, he married Lorene Jetton in Greenville.  He owned and operated a full-service gas station for a number of years in Greenville, and later worked for McCullough Paint and Glass as a glazier for over twenty-five years.

He was a member of the House of Prayer. 

 

He is survived by his son, Dewayne Lindsey and wife, Cheryl and his daughter, Brenda Lindsey Clayton all of Greenville; sisters, Faye Featherston & husband Jim of Greenville and Sheryl McNeal and husband Ken of Dresden, Tennessee; sisters-in-law, Maureen Lindsey of Lubbock and Odette Lindsey of New Braunfels; 4 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

 

His wife, parents, infant son Michael Ray Lindsey, and brothers, Eugene Lindsey and Raymond Lindsey preceded him in death.

 

Pallbearers will be Randall Lindsey, Roger Lindsey, Tommy Stalcup, Larry McCullough, Joe Little, and Charles Flowers.

 

Family request memorials be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, American Heart Association, and American Diabetes Association.