Annie Ruth Boyles Melvin

Services for Annie Ruth Boyles Melvin, 78, of Grand Saline, were scheduled for 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Donnie Herring officiating.

Interment followed in Creagleville Cemetery.

Mrs. Melvin passed away March 24 at her home in Grand Saline. She was born September 18, 1938 in Grand Saline. She spent most of her life in Grand Saline where she graduated from Grand Saline High School in 1958. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Melvin; mother and step-father, Estell & Ben Veach; brother, Earl Anderson; and grandson, Jack Hawkins.

Survivors include her sons, Don Boyles and wife Molly of Pine Mills, David Boyles and wife Bernice of Kaufman, Rickey Boyles and wife Peggy of Grand Saline; daughter, Karen Boyles of Grand Saline; brother, Bobby Anderson and wife Sally of Grand Saline; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and one on the way.

Pallbearers were Buddy Lambert, Terry Don Harris, Dean Chisham, Jerred Kohles, Tommy Copeland and Robert Meroney.

The family received friends 6-8 p.m., Tuesday at the funeral home