Melva June Yarbro - Harrisburg

Wednesday, May 7, 2003

Melva June Yarbro, 66, of Harrisburg, died Friday, April 25, 2003, at her residence. She was a homemaker, of the Church of Christ belief, and had lived in Harrisburg 17 years, formerly of Romeoville, Ill.

She is survived by her husband, Thomas Yarbro, of the home; a sister, Mary Lou Deaton, of Manila; a brother, Charles Owen of Aurora, Ill.; three sons, Scott Bolton and Tony Bolton, both of Paragould, and Mark Bolton and his wife, Yvonne, of Joliet, Ill; a step-daughter, Terry Ann Burgland, of Salem, Wis.; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her father and mother, Veater and Edna Owen; three brothers and a grandson.

The funeral was held at 10 a.m. Monday morning at the Gregg Funeral Home Chapel in Monette with Robert McDoniel officiating. Burial was in the Manila Cemetery under the direction of Gregg Funeral Home of Monette.

Nephews served as pallbearers.