June 30, 1926 ~ August 13, 2024
98 Years Old
Obituary
Funeral services for Melbaleen Blair, 98, of Cushing will be Saturday August 17th, 2024 at 10am at the Dickie Allen Funeral Home chapel. The family will receive visitors one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Interment will be at Friendship Cemetery in Cushing.
Mrs. Blair died Tuesday August 13th, 2024 in Cushing, Texas. She was born June 30th, 1926 in Baxter, Texas to Thomas Foster and Ruby Lavora Roscoe Jones. She lived in Dallas for many years where she worked at Collins Radio before moving to Cushing in 1973. She worked at the Cushing nursing home, SFA, and Nacogdoches Medical Center. She was a member of the Happy Valley Church in Cushing. She loved quilting, playing 42, dominoes, and cards. She also loved spending time with her family.
She is preceded in death by her parents, husband William Waller, second husband Oscar Dewitt Blair, sons David Clay Waller, Jimmy Dan Waller and his wife Ruth, Gary Dale Waller, and Charles Steven Waller. She is survived by her daughters Rebecca Crossland (Jack) and Darlene Renae Waller (Billy), daughters in law Ethelene Waller and Diana Waller, sisters Sue Bricker and Joyce Kyles, 16 grandchildren, numerous great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
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