Myrtis Barham Melton

Myrtis Barham Melton, 99, of Fort
Worth, passed away Saturday, April 3, 2010 in a Fort
Worth health care center.  Myrtis was born July 22, 1910 in Parker County Texas
to George William “G.W.” Barham and Annie Ellentine Wright.  A former
school teacher, Mrs. Melton earned her Teachers Degree at North
Texas State Teachers
College in Denton. 
She was a long time resident of Weatherford and a member of South Main Church
of Christ.
 
Mrs. Melton was preceded in death
by husband, Vernon L. Melton, sister, Myrtle Barham Johnson; nieces, Wilda
Johnson McMichael and Dorthy Williams: nephews, James and Joe Garrison and
Edward Melton.
 
Survivors include nephew, Larry
Johnson and wife Hallie of Arlington; nieces, Rama Brown and husband John of
Weatherford, Margaret Walker and husband Kenneth of Fort Worth, Jan Lavin of
Ruidoso, New Mexico and Margie Melton of Richardson, Texas.
 
A funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Galbreaith Pickard
Funeral Chapel.  Visitation is from 6 p.m.
to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. 
Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery.