PRESQUE ISLE – Brenda A. Melvin, 66, died Sunday night, July 8, 2007, at a Presque Isle health care facility after a short illness. She was born May 14, 1941, in Mars Hill, the eldest daughter of Kenneth and Agnes (McElroy) Hawksley. She had lived in Presque Isle for a number of years and southern Virginia the past nine years in the winter. Brenda enjoyed her life as a housewife, her marriage of 27 years, and being a mother to the children, stepchildren, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She took care of the bookwork for her husband and their business of one truck. She enjoyed the company of friends and relatives who visited from Maine and New Brunswick, and will be sadly missed by all. She is survived by her husband, Lorne of Presque Isle; three daughters, Theresa Argraves and her husband, Jeff, Wendy Hopkins and her husband, Wade and Cindy Snead; three grandsons, Brennan and Christian Hopkins and Jeffery Snead and his wife, Allison; a granddaughter, Tamaria Martin and her husband, Trevor; three great-granddaughters, Makenzie Snead, Kala and Tatiana Martin, all of Danville, Va.; a stepdaughter, Cheryl Martin and her husband, Mark and their children, Joshua and Sara; a stepson, Kenny Melvin and his companion, Tina and their children, Lita, Morgan and Torin, all of Presque Isle; a sister, Carolyn Clemens and her husband, Frank, of Limestone. She was predeceased by two sisters, Gloria Donnelly and Mary Gagnon; and a stepson, Keith Melvin, December 2005. Relatives and friends may call 7-9 p.m. Thursday at Duncan-Graves Funeral Home, 30 Church St., Presque Isle. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated 10 a.m. Friday, July 13, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church with the Rev. Raymond Morency, celebrant. Interment will be at Fairmount Cemetery. A reception will be held after at Knights of Columbus Hall, Chapman Street, Presque Isle. Condolences may be expressed at www.duncan-graves.com
BRENDA A. MELVIN
