MELBA LOUISE SELKE

Melba Selke, 95, of Texarkana, Arkansas, died Monday, February 14, 2022 in Texarkana. She was born January 5, 1927, in Miller County to Clifton and Grace Lamar. Melba loved taking care of her family and her grandchildren were her pride and joy. She had been employed by Red River Army Depot and was retired as a bookkeeper with Atchley, Russell, Hutchison, Waldrop and Hlavinka Law Firm. She is survived by her son, Jerry Morgan Jr. and wife Judy, grandsons Nathaniel and Ethan Morgan, and stepdaughters Mary Favors and her husband Mike, Leah Lopez and her husband Raul and Martha Koss and Jade, stepson David Selke and his wife Pat and several other grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Other survivors include brothers Kenneth Lamar, Fred Lamar, Roy Lamar and Danny Lamar and sisters Linda Merlich and Margie Santifer and sisters-in-law Virginia Lamar and Evelyn Lamar and her cousin Glen and wife Vicky Whitecotton. She was preceded by in death by husband Harold Selke and husband Jerry Morgan Sr., brothers James Lamar, John Lamar and Bobbie Lamar, a sister, Emily Phillips, a granddaughter, Kathryn Grace Morgan, and a stepson, Paul Selke. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, March 9, 2022 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Texarkana Funeral Home, 3515 Texas Blvd, Texarkana, Texas 75503.