Funeral services for Ms. Melba Dean Beaird, age 86 of Spearsville, LA, will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, February 6, 2025 at Mt. Union Baptist Church in Spearsville, LA with Bro. Marcell McGee and Bro. Stan Elkins officiating. Interment will follow at Mt Union Cemetery in Spearsville, LA under the direction of Farrar Funeral Home.

Melba's greatest joys were going to church and spending time with family and friends. She dedicated her life to serve Christ and was a member of Mount Union Baptist Church in Spearsville. In the past Melba taught Sunday School and helped with the youth. She chaperoned and helped raise funds for several trips to Florida and Eureka Springs. Melba also attended Liberty Baptist Church for many years where she loved to sing soprano in the Gospel group. In the last few years Melba was a resident of Alpine Nursing Home in Ruston, LA where she never missed a service or Bible Study. She enjoyed fishing in ponds and hunting deer and squirrels in the woods behind her home. Melba was a bookkeeper and worked at Montgomery Ward for several years and later she retired from Arkla Gas in Farmerville. After her retirement, Melba took care of her parents as she was a loving and devoted daughter, sister, and aunt. She was affectionately known as "Aunt Dean" to many who loved her and knew her well.

Melba was preceded in death by her parents: Earl and Delta Odom Beaird; and her brother: Paul E. Beaird.

She is survived by her sister-in-law: Evelyn Beaird Elkins (Hez); nieces: Paula Beaird Jimmerson (Bill) and Cheryl Beaird; and great nieces and nephews: Jessica McClung (Jake), Tyler Jimmerson, Drew Jimmerson, Tanner Booth, and Adeline Booth.

Serving as pallbearers will be Bill Jimmerson, Tanner Booth, Tyler Jimmerson, Stan Elkins, Bryan Elkins, and Mike Holly. Honorary pallbearers will be Hez Elkins and Jim Rhodes.

Visitation will be held prior to the service from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM, Thursday, February 6, 2025 at Mt. Union Baptist Church.

The family would like to thank the staff of Alpine Rehabilitation Center in Ruston for the attentive and loving care she received during her years there.