Melissa Ann Brown Dawson passed away March 19, 2021 at her home in Burleson. Visitation will be held from 6:00pm until 8:00pm, Thursday, March 25, 2021 at Lucas & Blessing Funeral Home in Burleson. Funeral services will be held at 11:00am, Friday, March 26, 2021 at Lucas & Blessing Funeral Home, and burial will follow at Burleson Memorial Cemetery.
Melissa was born November 23, 1969 in Fort Worth, Texas to Robert and Sherry Hemminger Brown. Melissa grew up in Fort Worth and graduated from Southwest High School 1987. After high school, she began working for Orkin Pest Control as an office manager. She left Orkin to work at Myer's Pest Control as an office manager for 8 years and then she returned to Orkin for a total of 17 years.
Melissa married Walter Dawson in 1993 in Fort Worth and they were happily married for 27 years. She enjoyed reading her Stephen King novels and watching all things sci-fi and fantasy.
Melissa was preceded in death by Robert H. Brown, Bud and Roxie Hemminger, and Wiley H. and Mary Brown.
Melissa is survived by her husband, Walter Dawson; daughters, Lindsay Alderson and husband, John Alderson and Holly Dawson; mother, Sherry Hemminger Brown; siblings, Rebecca Brown Bonnette and husband, Daniel Bonnette and Sam Brown and wife, Mary Ayer; uncles, Roy Hemminger and wife, Barbra and Clyde Hemminger and wife, Ann-Marie; loving grandson, John David Alderson; nieces and nephews, Madison Bonnette Franco, Tyler Bonnette, Corrigan Bonnette, Rosie Bonnette, Teagan Brown and Peyton Brown; wonderful friends, Denise and Donald Traffanstead and their loving kids Stephen and Tina; brothers and sisters-in-law, Henry and Karen Cox, Charles Dawson; and many other nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
The family wishes to extend their gratitude to Community Hospice and all the wonderful nurses and staff, as well as the doctors at UT Southwest and Harris in Downtown Fort Worth who were very helpful through Melissa's journey and when she joined Heaven. We cannot begin to express the amount of gratitude we have.
"How Lucky I Am To Have Something That Makes Saying Goodbye, So Hard." -Winnie The Pooh
Melissa was born November 23, 1969 in Fort Worth, Texas to Robert and Sherry Hemminger Brown. Melissa grew up in Fort Worth and graduated from Southwest High School 1987. After high school, she began working for Orkin Pest Control as an office manager. She left Orkin to work at Myer's Pest Control as an office manager for 8 years and then she returned to Orkin for a total of 17 years.
Melissa married Walter Dawson in 1993 in Fort Worth and they were happily married for 27 years. She enjoyed reading her Stephen King novels and watching all things sci-fi and fantasy.
Melissa was preceded in death by Robert H. Brown, Bud and Roxie Hemminger, and Wiley H. and Mary Brown.
Melissa is survived by her husband, Walter Dawson; daughters, Lindsay Alderson and husband, John Alderson and Holly Dawson; mother, Sherry Hemminger Brown; siblings, Rebecca Brown Bonnette and husband, Daniel Bonnette and Sam Brown and wife, Mary Ayer; uncles, Roy Hemminger and wife, Barbra and Clyde Hemminger and wife, Ann-Marie; loving grandson, John David Alderson; nieces and nephews, Madison Bonnette Franco, Tyler Bonnette, Corrigan Bonnette, Rosie Bonnette, Teagan Brown and Peyton Brown; wonderful friends, Denise and Donald Traffanstead and their loving kids Stephen and Tina; brothers and sisters-in-law, Henry and Karen Cox, Charles Dawson; and many other nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
The family wishes to extend their gratitude to Community Hospice and all the wonderful nurses and staff, as well as the doctors at UT Southwest and Harris in Downtown Fort Worth who were very helpful through Melissa's journey and when she joined Heaven. We cannot begin to express the amount of gratitude we have.
"How Lucky I Am To Have Something That Makes Saying Goodbye, So Hard." -Winnie The Pooh
Melissa Ann Brown Dawson passed away March 19, 2021 at her home in Burleson. Visitation will be held from 6:00pm until 8:00pm, Thursday, March 25, 2021 at Lucas & Blessing Funeral Home in Burleson. Funeral services will be held at 11:00am, Friday, March 26, 2021 at Lucas & Blessing Funeral Home, and burial will follow at Burleson Memorial Cemetery.
Melissa was born November 23, 1969 in Fort Worth, Texas to Robert and Sherry Hemminger Brown. Melissa grew up in Fort Worth and graduated from Southwest High School 1987. After high school, she began working for Orkin Pest Control as an office manager. She left Orkin to work at Myer's Pest Control as an office manager for 8 years and then she returned to Orkin for a total of 17 years.
Melissa married Walter Dawson in 1993 in Fort Worth and they were happily married for 27 years. She enjoyed reading her Stephen King novels and watching all things sci-fi and fantasy.
Melissa was preceded in death by Robert H. Brown, Bud and Roxie Hemminger, and Wiley H. and Mary Brown.
Melissa is survived by her husband, Walter Dawson; daughters, Lindsay Alderson and husband, John Alderson and Holly Dawson; mother, Sherry Hemminger Brown; siblings, Rebecca Brown Bonnette and husband, Daniel Bonnette and Sam Brown and wife, Mary Ayer; uncles, Roy Hemminger and wife, Barbra and Clyde Hemminger and wife, Ann-Marie; loving grandson, John David Alderson; nieces and nephews, Madison Bonnette Franco, Tyler Bonnette, Corrigan Bonnette, Rosie Bonnette, Teagan Brown and Peyton Brown; wonderful friends, Denise and Donald Traffanstead and their loving kids Stephen and Tina; brothers and sisters-in-law, Henry and Karen Cox, Charles Dawson; and many other nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
The family wishes to extend their gratitude to Community Hospice and all the wonderful nurses and staff, as well as the doctors at UT Southwest and Harris in Downtown Fort Worth who were very helpful through Melissa's journey and when she joined Heaven. We cannot begin to express the amount of gratitude we have.
"How Lucky I Am To Have Something That Makes Saying Goodbye, So Hard." -Winnie The Pooh
Melissa was born November 23, 1969 in Fort Worth, Texas to Robert and Sherry Hemminger Brown. Melissa grew up in Fort Worth and graduated from Southwest High School 1987. After high school, she began working for Orkin Pest Control as an office manager. She left Orkin to work at Myer's Pest Control as an office manager for 8 years and then she returned to Orkin for a total of 17 years.
Melissa married Walter Dawson in 1993 in Fort Worth and they were happily married for 27 years. She enjoyed reading her Stephen King novels and watching all things sci-fi and fantasy.
Melissa was preceded in death by Robert H. Brown, Bud and Roxie Hemminger, and Wiley H. and Mary Brown.
Melissa is survived by her husband, Walter Dawson; daughters, Lindsay Alderson and husband, John Alderson and Holly Dawson; mother, Sherry Hemminger Brown; siblings, Rebecca Brown Bonnette and husband, Daniel Bonnette and Sam Brown and wife, Mary Ayer; uncles, Roy Hemminger and wife, Barbra and Clyde Hemminger and wife, Ann-Marie; loving grandson, John David Alderson; nieces and nephews, Madison Bonnette Franco, Tyler Bonnette, Corrigan Bonnette, Rosie Bonnette, Teagan Brown and Peyton Brown; wonderful friends, Denise and Donald Traffanstead and their loving kids Stephen and Tina; brothers and sisters-in-law, Henry and Karen Cox, Charles Dawson; and many other nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
The family wishes to extend their gratitude to Community Hospice and all the wonderful nurses and staff, as well as the doctors at UT Southwest and Harris in Downtown Fort Worth who were very helpful through Melissa's journey and when she joined Heaven. We cannot begin to express the amount of gratitude we have.
"How Lucky I Am To Have Something That Makes Saying Goodbye, So Hard." -Winnie The Pooh
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