Melba Fite Keown

Services will be Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at St. Charles Catholic Church in Jacksonville with visitation at 10:00 and funeral Mass at 11:00, Father James Handerhan will be officiating. Burial will the funeral at Edgemont Cemetery.

Melba is survived by her son, Doug Lipsey, and wife Marcia; stepson, Phil Keown and wife Betsy; five grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her daughter, Dawn Dehlinger; parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Fite; two sisters; two brothers; and two nephews.

Family request in lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to research for a cure for Cystic Fibrosis at: Haley’s team UAB Cystic Fibrosis Research Center Mclm 740 1720 2nd Ave S Birmingham, Al 35294-0005.