Melba Irene Beathard
August 10, 1936 - March 20, 2017
Melba Irene (Hopkins) Beathard, 80 of Midway, TX; passed away on Monday; March 20, 2017 in Madisonville, TX. Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday; March 25th at 10am at the Day Funeral Home Chapel in Madisonville, TX with the burial to follow at The Midway City Cemetery in Midway, TX. Bro. Lanier Stevens will officiate. Dinner will be served at The New Life Church on Highway 21 in Midway, TX following the graveside service. The visitation is scheduled for Friday; March 24th from 5-8pm at the Day Funeral Home Chapel. Irene was born on August 10, 1936 in Midway, TX to James Eugene and Modree (Page) Hopkins and was married to Clarence Beathard. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her son Joseph Earl Beathard; and her siblings, Dixie Kelly, Pearl Bowling, Eva Grote, and James Earl Hopkins. Irene is survived by her children Eddie Beathard, Kathryn McNevin, Mary Jane Webb and husband Frog, Clyde Beathard, Margie Phelan and husband Rusty, Lucy Mitchell, and Jeannie Tollison; 13 grandchildren; 5 great grandchildren with 1 on the way; siblings Mary Ann Mash, Charlie Hopkins, John Wayne Hopkins, Willie Gene Hopkins, Harold Dean Hopkins, Sarah Donaho, Marie Driver, and Barbara Rudy; and special friends Jack Caldwell and Sally Bridges. Serving as pallbearers are: Ruben Ybarra, Ross McNevin, Andrew McNevin, Larry Hopkins, Jessie Driver, and Michael Donaho.
Melba Irene (Hopkins) Beathard, 80 of Midway, TX; passed away on Monday; March 20, 2017 in Madisonville, TX. Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday; March 25th at 10am at the Day Funeral Home Chapel in Madisonville, TX with the burial... View Obituary & Service Information