Melba Jean Richards Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Melba Jean Richards of Cullowhee, North Carolina, born in Nashville, Tennessee, who passed away on June 5, 2025, at the age of 92, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends can send flowers and condolences in memory of the loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Melba Jean Richards to pay them a last tribute.
In the vast expanse of eternity, Melba Jean shall find rest, cradled in the arms of everlasting peace. And as we bid Melba Jean farewell, her loved ones carry with them the precious gift of her memory, a beacon of hope guiding them through the shadows of sorrow towards the light of a new dawn.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Jennie Porter Hunter and Charles Richard Marshall; her stepfather Tull Edward Akin; and her daughter Pamela Dianne Richards. She is survived by: her daughters, Lori Jean Richards of Cullowhee and Jennie Lynn Richards of Virginia; her granddaughters, Christina Leigh Jamison and Caitlin Victoria Jamison of Virginia; and her half-sister Reba Marshall Greer (James Greer) of Tennessee.
