Melvin Lester Vickers
1938 - 2014 (76 years)-
Name Melvin Lester Vickers Born 10 May 1938 Seymour, Baylor County, Texas, USA 
Gender Male Died 17 Nov 2014 Decatur, Wise County, Texas, USA Buried 21 Nov 2014 Oaklawn Cemetery - Decatur, Texas, USA Person ID I667 Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree Last Modified 26 Nov 2024
Father Addison Scott Vickers, b. 1 Dec 1906, Kyle, Hays County, Texas, USA , d. 18 Feb 1986, Seymour, Baylor County, Texas, USA (Age 79 years) Mother Shirley Ina Nix, b. 17 Sep 1919, Red Springs, Baylor County, Texas, USA , d. 31 Dec 2014, Seymour, Baylor County, Texas, USA (Age 95 years) Married 15 Jul 1937 Seymour, Baylor County, Texas, USA Family ID F260 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Janis Darlene Smith, b. 6 Dec 1941, Seymour, Baylor County, Texas, USA , d. 26 Nov 2013, Decatur, Wise County, Texas, USA (Age 71 years) Married 16 Jul 1966 Seymour, Baylor County, Texas, USA Children 1. William Keith Vickers, b. 3 Jun 1969, Denton, Denton County, Texas, USA , d. 4 Feb 2025, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico (Age 55 years)+ 2. J.D. Vickers Last Modified 16 Feb 2015 Family ID F261 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 10 May 1938 - Seymour, Baylor County, Texas, USA 
Married - 16 Jul 1966 - Seymour, Baylor County, Texas, USA 
Died - 17 Nov 2014 - Decatur, Wise County, Texas, USA 
Buried - 21 Nov 2014 - Oaklawn Cemetery - Decatur, Texas, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Photos 
Melvin Lester Vickers
Obituary picture
Janis Darlene Smith Vickers and Melvin Lester Vickers 
Janis Darlene Smith Vickers and Melvin Lester Vickers 
William Keith Vickers, Melvin Lester Vickers, and Janis Darlene Smith Vickers 
Melvin Lester Vickers and Janis Darlene Smith Vickers 
Janis Darlene Smith and Melvin Lester Vickers
Taken on their wedding day on July 16, 1966
Melvin Lester Vickers
1955 Seymour High School Yearbook Photo
Seymour, Texas, USA
Melvin Lester Vickers
1954 Seymour High School Yearbook Photo
Seymour, Texas, USA
Documents 
Marriage Announcement of Melvin Lester Vickers and Janis Darlene Smith
Published in The Abilene Reporter-News on July 22, 1966
Birth Announcement of William Keith Vickers
Published in The Wise County Messenger on June 5, 1969
Obituary of Melvin Lester Vickers
Published in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram on November 20, 2014
Headstones 
Headstone of Melvin Lester Vickers and Janis Darlene Smith Vickers
Oaklawn Cemetery - Decatur, Texas, USA
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Notes - Obituary:
Melvin Vickers
DECATUR - Melvin Lester Vickers, 76, died Monday, Nov. 17, 2014.
SERVICE: 11 a.m. Friday at Decatur Church of Christ. Interment: Oaklawn. Visitation: 10 a.m. Friday.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Keith and Jason; grandson, Jackson; brother, Glen; sisters, Helen, Gayle and Linda; mother, Shirley.
Coker-Hawkins Funeral Home
Decatur, 940-627-5959
(Published in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram on November 20, 2014)
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Melvin Lester Vickers
May 10, 1938 ~ November 17, 2014 (age 76)
Melvin Lester Vickers, 76, owner of Vic Printing, died Monday, Nov. 17, 2014, in Decatur.
Funeral is 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 21, at the Decatur Church of Christ with minister Rick Ross officiating. Burial will follow at Oaklawn Cemetery under the direction of Coker-Hawkins Funeral Home in Decatur.
Visitation is one hour prior to the service at the church building.
Pallbearers are Mark Jordan, Kevin Downe, Mark Smith, Dwayne Martin, Lyle Jones, E.W. Dodd and Glen Vickers.
Melvin was born May 10, 1938, in Seymour to Addison and Shirley (Nix) Vickers. He married Janis Darlene Smith July 16, 1966, in Seymour, and they moved to Decatur in 1967 to manage the commercial printing operations for the Wise County Messenger, which was then owned by Gene and Rose Carter, with whom Melvin had worked at the Baylor County Banner in Seymour.
In 1992, Melvin and Jan purchased the commercial printing division of the Messenger and established Vic Printing. They were later joined in business by their son, Jason. Melvin was a commercial printer for more than 60 years.
In addition to his printing business, Vickers was a professional photographer for many years.
He and Jan were married 47 years until her passing, Nov. 26, 2013. Melvin was a member of the Decatur Church of Christ.
He was preceded in death by his father, Addison Vickers; and his wife, Janis Vickers.
He is survived by his sons, Keith Vickers and wife, Donna, of Decatur and Jason Vickers and wife, Jennifer, of Roanoke; grandson Jackson Vickers of Roanoke; brother Glen Vickers of Seymour; sisters Helen Hammonds of Bowie, Gayle Smith of Moore, Okla., and Linda Davis of Wichita Falls; his mother, Shirley Vickers of Wichita Falls; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
(Published by Coker-Hawkins Funeral Home of Decatur, TX)
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