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Melba Sadler Obituary
Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, at Immanuel Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery, directed by Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home.
Mrs. Sadler was born in Beaufort County, N.C., a daughter of the late Jacob Harold and Lula Hardy Cayton. She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church and was a loving wife, mother and a great friend to her neighbors.
Surviving are her husband, Milon Willis Sadler of Florence; four sons, James Harold (Deborah) Sadler and Timothy (Suzanne) Sadler, both of Florence, Levy (Sterling) Sadler of Effingham and Orville (Angie) Sadler of San Marcus, Texas; two daughters, Carolyn (Gregg) Jones and Amy (Roger) Austin, both of Florence; a brother, Edwin Cayton of Aurora, N.C.; 13 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Memorials may be made to McLeod Hospice of the Pee Dee, 555 E. Cheves St., Florence, or to the Welcome Center Building Fund at Immanuel Baptist Church, 306 W. Cherokee Road, Florence.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
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Nancy Player
September 26, 2003
Carolyn, we have been out of town and have just learned of the death of your mother. Our thoughts are with you and your family. With our deepest sympathy, Nancy & Carroll
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Harold & Linda Reynolds
September 10, 2003
Levy,we were so sorry to hear of the passing of your mother. You and Sterling are in our prayers.
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