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In Memory of
Melba Sue
Dougherty
Dougherty
1939 - 2014
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Obituary for Melba Sue Dougherty
Melba Sue Dougherty went to meet Her Lord & Savior in the morning on August 25, 2014 surrounded by family and friends at Whidbey General Hospital. She was 75 years of age.
Melba Sue was born in Carroll County, TN. on August 20, 1939 to Leslie & Arndell Belew. Her childhood was spent on the family farm near Roan’s Creek, south of Clarksburg, TN picking cotton and working all the chores a farm kid might do.
Melba graduated from Clarksburg High School and attended Lambuth University in Jackson, TN. She worked for Southern Bell Phone Company in Memphis as a bookkeeper.
In April of 1960 she met, and married, a sailor named Lee Dougherty. Later in 1960 she followed her husband to San Diego and for the next twenty years, except for three years in Hawaii and one year in Oak Harbor, WA they called Chula Vista home.
Melba and Lee celebrated the birth of two children, Daniel born in San Diego and David born in Honolulu.
In 1974 Melba, Lee, and sons moved back to Oak Harbor. Melba was an active Scout leader, a member of the Whidbey Island Rock and Gem Club, Stamp Club and Senior Center. She worked for, and retired from, the Navy Exchange. Her joy was her three grandchildren, her church friends at the Oak Harbor Church of Christ, her Navy Exchange girlfriends, her sons and husband.
Melba is survived by her husband Lee, sons Daniel and David of Everett, WA, three granddaughters, and two brothers, Thomas & Dennis Belew of Tennessee.
Private family services for Melba will be held at a later date. Arrangements were entrusted to Wallin Funeral Home. To leave a condolence or share a message, please visit
Melba Sue was born in Carroll County, TN. on August 20, 1939 to Leslie & Arndell Belew. Her childhood was spent on the family farm near Roan’s Creek, south of Clarksburg, TN picking cotton and working all the chores a farm kid might do.
Melba graduated from Clarksburg High School and attended Lambuth University in Jackson, TN. She worked for Southern Bell Phone Company in Memphis as a bookkeeper.
In April of 1960 she met, and married, a sailor named Lee Dougherty. Later in 1960 she followed her husband to San Diego and for the next twenty years, except for three years in Hawaii and one year in Oak Harbor, WA they called Chula Vista home.
Melba and Lee celebrated the birth of two children, Daniel born in San Diego and David born in Honolulu.
In 1974 Melba, Lee, and sons moved back to Oak Harbor. Melba was an active Scout leader, a member of the Whidbey Island Rock and Gem Club, Stamp Club and Senior Center. She worked for, and retired from, the Navy Exchange. Her joy was her three grandchildren, her church friends at the Oak Harbor Church of Christ, her Navy Exchange girlfriends, her sons and husband.
Melba is survived by her husband Lee, sons Daniel and David of Everett, WA, three granddaughters, and two brothers, Thomas & Dennis Belew of Tennessee.
Private family services for Melba will be held at a later date. Arrangements were entrusted to Wallin Funeral Home. To leave a condolence or share a message, please visit
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