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Submitted: 8/22/21 • Approved: 9/5/21 • Last Updated: 9/8/21 • R1386839-G0-S3
US Air Force
July 15, 1944 - May 25, 2014
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Times
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
WEST FORK — Our Beloved Melvin Joe Palmer went to be with his Lord on May 25, 2014, at Regency Hospital in Springdale, Ark. He was born July 15, 1944, at Seminole, Texas, the son of Leo Ellis Palmer and Lucille Waldrop Palmer Bush.
Melvin loved camping with his friends, horses, fishing, hunting, driving his backhoe, and above all working for his Lord and savior Jesus Christ. Melvin made many mission trips to the Philippines where he made lifelong friends. He also had a heart for those to prison, and for many years The Way, Truth, and Life Prison Ministry gave Christ's love and support to the girls in Pine Bluff and Fayetteville. He loved his church, Unity Covenant Church of West Fork, and had many friends there.
Melvin was proud of his service in the United States Air Force and loved his country all his life.
Next to the Lord, Melvin loved his family which includes his wife of 47 years, Pamela Palmer; one daughter, Deidre Uselton and husband, Pat, of West Fork; one son, Leo Palmer and wife, Amber, of Prairie Grove; and eight much-loved grandchildren, Joseph, Daisy, Emma, Hanna, Daniel, Joshua, Hadassa Palmer and Sophie Uselton. He also leaves a beloved niece and nephew, Rhonda Shubber of Colorado Springs and Randall Palmer of Dover, Ark.; and many close and valued friends, especially his dear friend, Larry Fielder.
Funeral service will be held Thursday, May 29, 2014, 10 a.m. at Unity Covenant Church in West Fork, with Brian Bowerman officiating. Burial will be in Zinnamon Cemetery in Strickler, Ark.; there will be no graveside services held at the cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Wayne Gentry, Rodney Dockery, Perry Stokes, Kallin Stokes, Jim Henington and Timmy Farmer.
Honorary pallbearers will be James Stout and Charles Beasley.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Luginbuel Funeral Home of Prairie Grove, Ark.
Online guest book, www.luginbuel.com.
Contributed on 8/22/21 by judyfrog
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