December 25, 1935 October 16, 2025
Hicks Mortuary is announcing funeral service for Mrs. Melba Jean Harper Patton (89) of Center, Texas. Mrs. Melba Jean Patton was born to the late Elzie Harper and Bethena Nobles Harper on December 25, 1935, in Center, Texas. Mrs. Patton died at Nacogdoches Memorial in Nacogdoches, Texas on October 16, 2025. Graveside services will be held on October 25, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. at Thompson Cemetery in Shelbyville, Texas. Committal will be in Thompson Cemetery Shelbyville, Texas Service entrusted to Hicks Mortuary 804 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Center, Texas 75935 Please visit our website for online condolences at www.hicksmortuary.net.