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Melba Billingsley Thorpe, 75, of Vidor, died Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Beaumont Hospital.
A native of Huntington and resident of Vidor since 1965, Melba was a sales clerk with Dillard’s.
Survivors include her sons, Walter Billingsley, Jr. of Beaumont and Sam Billingsley of Houston; sister, Rosa Beth Harmon of Vidor; seven grandchildren; and six great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 3, 2006 at Broussard’s, 1605 North Major Drive, Beaumont with burial to follow at Restlawn Memorial Park in Vidor. A gathering of family and friends will be from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Friday, June 2, 2006 at the Mortuary.