DE QUEEN, Ark.—Melba Gladys Coffey Bledsoe Dockins, 75, of De Queen died Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008, in a local hospital.

Mrs. Dockins was born June 17, 1933, in Antimony City, Ark. She was a licensed practical nurse, a homemaker and a member of Almond Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Arnold Dockins.

Survivors include one son, Theron Bledsoe of Grannis, Ark.; one brother, Burley Coffey of Lake Village, Ark.; one sister, Ima Prather of Dierks, Ark.; two grandchildren, Theron Bledsoe Jr. of Hot Springs Village, Ark., and Shavon Bledsoe of Arkadelphia, Ark.;...

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