Melissa M. Leath

Melissa M. Leath obituary

Melissa M. Leath

Melissa Leath Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Pennington Funeral Home - San Marcos on Sep. 22, 2025.

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Melissa M. Leath passed away on September 21, 2025 at her home surrounded by her family at the age of 63. She was born in Hereford, Texas, to the late Donald Atwood Leath and Dianne Plumley-Ervin on November 30, 1961. Melissa earned her Master's Degree at then Southwest Texas State University in Education. She became a college professor and retired from the University of Texas San Antonio.

Melissa is preceded in death by her parents, a son Santiago "Jimmy" Briseno, a brother Edward Russell "Rusty" Leath and a sister Marilyn Dziuk.

She leaves behind a loving family who will dear miss her including: her wife, Virginia Briseno, son Raymond Briseno and his wife Tracy Lama-Briseno, daughter Bernice Briseno and partner Rebecca "Becky" Pinones, brother Christopher Atwood Leath and brother-in-law Reagan Anthony Dziuk. Melissa is also survived by her grandchildren Adriana Zoe, Nicole Ray, Anastasia "Sabby" and nieces Courtney Michelle, Christina May, Casey Madison and Rhianna Marie Ellis.

The family will receive friends and family on Friday, September 26, 2025 at Pennington Funeral Home from 12 to 1 pm. A funeral service will begin at 1PM with burial to follow at Wimberley Cemetery.

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