Melba Xeen Horn Lamb, 86, of Beaumont, Texas passed away peacefully on March 2, 2008.
Born in Kilgore, Texas the daughter of Lewis Brittain and Nellie Withers Horn, and the eldest of three daughters, Ms. Lamb learned the furniture trade working for her father at Horn Bros. Sunset Furniture Company at 1285 Park Street in downtown Beaumont.
After graduating French High School and attending Baylor University in Waco, Melba married George Walker Lamb with whom she had two children, Kip and Karen.
Ms. Lamb loved her work and, when her father passed, she owned and operated Horn Bros. Sunset Furniture Company for many years.
During her long career she was a strong supporter of DECA and took an active part in the vocational training of area high school students. She was a member of the Women's Club of Beaumont and, before her retirement, the Beaumont Business and Professional Women's Club.
Melba also loved the outdoors. When she was not pursuing the new and used furniture business, she was a devoted gardener who loved cultivating the beautiful grounds surrounding her home.
She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Kip and Bel Lamb of Beaumont and their children Nicholas and Isabel; her daughter and son-in-law, Karen V Lamb and Daniel Van Vooren of Charlotte, NC; her sister and brother-in-law, Bettye and Doug Hudson of Harrison, Arkansas; her nieces and nephews-in-laws, Vickye and Harry Posey of Bayou Vista, Texas, Shelley and Steve Ayers of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Kim and Pete Daiger of Orlando, Florida, Megan and Dwain Lair of Valley Springs, Arkansas and Susan Van Cleave of Harrison, Arkansas; and the many respective children and grandchildren of all.
She is predeceased by her sister and brother-in-law, Lewis Tyne and Clinton Tinkle of Harrison, Arkansas; and the father of her children, George Walker Lamb.
Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Friday March 7, 2008 at Broussard's, 1605 North Major Drive, Beaumont, followed by interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Boy Scout Troop 601, 4215 Thomas Court, Beaumont, Texas 77706 or Holy Cross Monastery, 9920 N Major Drive, Beaumont, Texas 77713-7618.
