Palestine High School Alumni Association

04 / 08 / 1965  –  04 / 08 / 2007

Melinda Jane Avey, 42, of Dallas passed away April 8, 2007 in Plano, Texas. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the care of the Cooper Funeral Home of Athens. Private graveside services are scheduled for a later date at the Liberty Cemetery in Anderson County.

Melinda was born April 8, 1965 in Dallas, Texas to her parents Choice and Martha Lovelady. She lived her early life in east Texas and graduated from Palestine High School in 1983. She lived most of her adult life in Dallas.

Survivors include her brother and sister-in-law, James and Wanda Lovelady; sisters and brother-in-law, Carrol Magee of Dallas, Wanda Lynn Shirey of Tucson, Ariz., Tamera Joy and Mark Morman of Palestine; and several nieces and nephews.

Source: Palestine Herald-Press 04-12-2007