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Submitted: 4/29/12 • Approved: 5/24/12 • Last Updated: 5/2/14 • R683878-G683876-S3
Clyde
US Marine Corps
October 8, 1936 - February 27, 2002
(Veteran information from obituary)
Melva
July 18, 1942 - January 16, 2012
*Obituary
Brashears Funeral Home
Huntsville, AR
Melva June Leichner, 68, of Prairie Grove, Arkansas went home to the Lord on January 16, 2012 at Washington Regional Medical Center at Fayetteville. She was born July 18, 1943 at Huntsville, Arkansas the daughter of Melvin Junior and Ruby Ilene McChristian Gilbert. She was a member of the New Sulphur Free Will Baptist Church and a veterinarians assistant. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde Gahlon Leichner on February 27, 2002, her father and one grandson, Matthew Gahlon Leichner.
Survivors include: three sons and two daughters-in-law, Mark and Kim Leichner of Farmington, Arkansas, Lance and Heather Leichner and Micah Leichner all of Hogeye, Arkansas; two daughters and sons-in-law, Marla and Mark Ray and Lana and Dean Newman all of Minden, Louisiana; her mother, Ruby Gilbert of Hogeye, Arkansas; one brother and sister-in-law, Dean and Kathy Gilbert of Fayetteville, Arkansas; thirteen grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews and dearly loved friends.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A. M. Thursday, January 19 in the chapel of Brashears Funeral Home with Reverend Glen Faulkner officiating. Interment will be in the Huntsville Cemetery under the direction of Brashears Funeral Home www.brashearsfuneralhome.net at Huntsville. Pallbearers will be Mark Leichner, Lance Leichner, Luke Leichner, Mitchell Brockman, Micah Leichner and Stephen Braggs. Honorary pallbearers will be: Mark Ray, Dean Newman, Steve Leichner, Max Allen Leichner, Monte Leichner, Terry Leichner, Mike Leichner, Wayne Robbins and Doug Robbins. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 P. M. Wednesday at the funeral home with the family present. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made in Melva's name at any Arvest Bank.
Married July 16, 1958
Contributed on 4/29/12 by eagle12953
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