Mrs. Buxton, 74, of Oakdale entered eternal rest on Friday, July 27, 2007 in Oakdale Community Hospital.
Melvie was a member of the Church Of A Higher Calling and a lifelong resident of Oakdale. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.
She was preceded in death two sons, Carl Buxton and Roger Dale Buxton; one daughter, Bridgette Buxton; one grandson, Fred Perkins; her mother and father, Stafford and Tennie Willis; two brothers, Clyde Willis and Jimmy Wade Willis and one sister, Margie Vinson.
Survivors include her loving husband of forty-eight years, Dew Buxton of Oakdale; one son, Jerry Buxton of Immokalee, Florida; two daughters, Geraldine Perkins and July Rollins both of Oakdale; two brothers, Crawford Willis of Oakdale and Leamul Willis of Lake Charles; five sisters, Dorothy Willis of Plainview, Shirley Mae Pickering of the Bethel Community, Laverne Hargrove of Oakdale, Ella Mae Inman of Silsbee, Texas and Glenell Durant of Oakdale; twelve grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren.
Mrs. Buxton, 74, of Oakdale entered eternal rest on Friday, July 27, 2007 in Oakdale Community Hospital.
Melvie was a member of the Church Of A Higher Calling and a lifelong resident of Oakdale. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.
She was preceded in death two sons, Carl Buxton and Roger Dale Buxton; one daughter, Bridgette Buxton; one grandson, Fred Perkins; her mother and father, Stafford and Tennie Willis; two brothers, Clyde Willis and Jimmy Wade Willis and one sister, Margie Vinson.
Survivors include her loving husband of forty-eight years, Dew Buxton of Oakdale; one son, Jerry Buxton of Immokalee, Florida; two daughters, Geraldine Perkins and July Rollins both of Oakdale; two brothers, Crawford Willis of Oakdale and Leamul Willis of Lake Charles; five sisters, Dorothy Willis of Plainview, Shirley Mae Pickering of the Bethel Community, Laverne Hargrove of Oakdale, Ella Mae Inman of Silsbee, Texas and Glenell Durant of Oakdale; twelve grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren.
Family Members
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Dorothy Willis Willis
1926–2010
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Crawford Willis Sr
1929–2017
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Leamul Willis
1932–2017
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Clyde Willis
1935–1981
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Marjorie Willis
1937–1959
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Shirley Mae Willis Pickering
1939–2017
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Laverne Willis Hargrove
1942–2018
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Ella Mae Willis Inman
1943–2024
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Jimmy W "Fig" Willis
1946–2001
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Glenell Willis Durant
1948–2009
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