It is with great sadness, yet hearts full of gratitude for a long and blessed life of 104 years, that the family of Melba Agnes Trahan Crenshaw announces her passing on December 20, 2025.Born April 26, 1921, to the late Phillip and Ella Trahan of Maurice, Louisiana, Melba lived a joyous, full life that took her to many beautiful places around the world as the spouse of a Naval Medic, the late Theodore Crenshaw. She was a lifelong educator in Lafayette, LA; a faithful, lifelong member of the Catholic Church; and most recently, a parishioner at St. Peter the Fisherman Church in Mountain Home, AR. Melba was also an avid crafter and longtime member of the Oakland Home Extension Club, whose extraordinary creations will live on with her many grandchildren. She found joy in her garden alongside her beloved Ted and delighted in watching her hummingbirds.
Her loving family includes her three children: Phyllis (John) Proctor of Mountain Home, AR; Eric (Rachael) Crenshaw of Columbus, GA; and Tali Anne (Gary) Grosz of Isle of Palms, SC. She is also survived by her nine grandchildren, twenty-one great-grandchildren, and many cousins, nieces, and nephews. In addition, she is survived by her sisters, Betty (Gerald, deceased) Champagne of San Marcos, TX, and Anna Lou (Jessie, deceased) Clark of Lake Jackson, TX. She was preceded in death by her sisters, Lona Trahan Smith of New Iberia, LA, and Marie (Dutsie) Trahan Breaux Watson of Jennings, LA.
A Funeral Mass will be on Friday, January 9th, at 10:00 am, at St. Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church in Mountain Home. Burial of cremains will take place immediately following the service at Baxter Memorial Gardens in Mountain Home, Arkansas.
The family wishes to express their heartfelt thanks to the entire staff at Southern Meadows Retirement Community for their excellent and loving care of Melba over the past four years.
Arrangements are under the care of Roller Funeral Home. Please visit our online guestbook at rollerfuneralhomes.com/mtnhome.
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