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BORN
1935
DIED
2007
FUNERAL HOME
3344 White Settlement Road
Fort Worth, Texas
Melvin Gifford Obituary
Funeral: 3:30 p.m. Monday in Greenwood Chapel. Burial: Greenwood Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Greenwood Funeral Home.
Memorials: Heritage Baptist Church, 201 E. Broad St., Mansfield 76063; or Benbrook Firefighters Association, P.O. Box 26569, Benbrook 76126.
Melvin was born May 30, 1935, in Paris, Texas. He had lived in Fort Worth for 51 years. He retired from Union Pacific Railroad after 40 years of service.
Survivors: Wife, Mary Gifford; sons, Mark Gifford and wife, Stella, Scott Gifford and wife, Rebecca; grandchildren, Whitney and husband, Joseph, Michelle, Payne and Troy; brother, Russell; sisters, Glenna and Nina Jo; and a host of other loving family members and friends.
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Allen Gifford
March 19, 2007
Praying for and thinking of you during this time of lost, we know you have many wonderful memories to cherish.
Love, Allen and Bobbi Gifford
Mary Whitt
March 18, 2007
My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.
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