Melba Strength

Visitation:
Friday, August 25, 2006
6:00 PM until 8:00 PM
Wayne Boze Funeral Home
1826 W. Hwy. 287 Business
Waxahachie, TX 75165
Service:
Saturday, August 26, 2006
10:00 AM
Pat Boze Memorial Chapel
1826 W. Hwy. 287 Business
Waxahachie, TX 75165

Melba Strength, age 73
April 10, 1933
August 23, 2006

Mrs. Strength passed away Wednesday afternoon at Baylor Medical Center, Waxahachie. She was born in Frost, Texas to Ernest William and Jewel (Brewer) Herrin. She graduated from Forreston High School where she was on the basketball team, and married Billy Beauford Strength on December 17, 1954 in Italy, Texas. She worked for Southwestern Bell, Owens Corning, and retired from Tyler Refrigeration in 1998 after 20 years of Service. She was a member of Farley Street Baptist Church since 1965 where she worked in the nursery and was a member of the Loyal Workers Sunday School Class. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and friend.

She is survived by two sons: Billy Scott Strength and his wife Sheila, and Brent Dwaine Strength and his wife Michele, all of Waxahachie; brother Harold Herrin of Waxahachie; sister Marie Cohagen of Italy; and four grandchildren: Mallory, Courtlyn, Ashlyn, and Hannah.

She is preceded in death by her husband Billy B. Strength, parents Ernest and Jewel Herrin, and her brother Paul Herrin.

The family will receive friends and relatives from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Friday at the Wayne Boze Funeral Home. The Celebration of her Life will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 26, 2006 at the Pat Boze Memorial Chapel, with interment following at the Frost Cemetery.

Arrangements are under the direction of Wayne Boze Funeral Home.