Melba Tickle Obituary
We are sad to announce that on September 17, 2020 we had to say goodbye to Melba Tickle of Mount Airy, North Carolina, born in Surry, Virginia. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Melba Tickle to show support.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Fred C. Pruett and Elizabeth Terry Pruett; her former husband Clinton Tesh; her husband Claude Tickle; her daughter Carol Chandler; her stepson Ed Tickle; and her siblings, Jeanne Byerly, Mary O'Neal, Judy Beatty, Donald Pruett, Garnet Pruett and Charles Pruett.
She is survived by: her daughter Elizabeth Ann; her son-in-law Wayne Brown; her son John Clinton; her daughter-in-law Patricia Tesh; her stepchildren, Bonnie Riggs, Pat Smith, Janie Dawson and Fred Tickle; her grandchildren, Scott Brown, Kelly Brown Unger, Wendy Brown Reynolds, Kimberly Hope Tesh, John Jayson Tesh and Stephanie Fore; and her siblings, Terry Pruett and Jenny Williams. She is also survived by great great grandchildren; several step grandchildren and step great grandchildren.
Being mindful of social distancing and mask, a Graveside service will be held Sunday, September 20, 2020 at 2:00 PM at God's Acre Cemetery with the Rev. Dr. Neil Routh and the Rev. Dwight Sechrist officiating.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the donor's choice.
