Individual Details

Melba Jean Briles Hicks, 90, of Stephenville, went to be with her Savior, Tuesday, April 18, 2017 in Stephenville. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm Saturday, April 22, 2017 at Valley Grove Baptist Church with Bro. Ward Hayes officiating. Interment will follow at theValley Grove Cemetery in Erath County. The family will receive friends from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm Friday at the Stephenville Funeral Home. Born to the late Tobe Allen Briles, Jr. and Irene Beatris Goodman Briles. 
She was preceded in death by two children, Ann Blue and Tobbie Smith; siblings, Jo Johnson, Bea Watson, Betty Powell, and Junior Briles; and grandson Jason Cody Smith. Left to cherish her memory are her children, Jeanette Rich and husband Bobby, Allen Washburn, Mike Carter and wife Jane, and Jozann Ray and husband Tim; grandchildren, Toni Price and husband Todd, Brandy Smith and husband Robert, Rainey Brooker and husband Kelly, Dusty Horton and husband Chad, Laura Smith, Jason Smith and wife Julie, Corey Washburn and wife Jenny, Jennifer Renteria and husband Sammy, Katy Carter, Jake Carter and wife Kitsy, Chanell Dayton and husband Frank; a sister, Delorse Wilson and husband George, many great grandchildren, and a great-great-grandchild.

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Birth	27 Dec 1926	Erath, Texas, United States
Death	18 Apr 2017	Stephenville, Erath, Texas, United States
Burial		Valley Grove Cemetery, Erath, Texas, United States

Father	Tobe Allen Briles (1893 - 1961)
Mother	Irene Goodman (1902 - 1937)
Sibling	Beatrice Asabee "Bea" Briles (1922 - 1992)
Sibling	Betty Lou Briles (1924 - 1988)
Sibling	Tobe Allen Briles Jr. (1928 - 1979)
Sibling	Eva Jo Briles (1931 - 1981)
Sibling	Dolores "Delores" Briles (1935 - )