Melvin "Clark" Britton

June 30, 1924 - September 26, 2016

Funeral services for Mr. Melvin “Clark” Britton, age 92, of Lindale, Texas are scheduled for 10:00 A.M. Friday, September 30, 2016 in the Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home in Lindale. Interment will follow in the Garden Valley Cemetery with services under the direction of Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home in Lindale. Mr. Britton died Monday, September 26, 2016 in a Tyler, Texas hospital. He was born on June 30, 1924 in Tyler, Texas to the late I. H. and Julia (Elliott) Britton and was a longtime resident of Lindale. Mr. Britton served in the United States Navy during World War II and had worked as an electrician most of his life. He was preceded in death by his wife, Margie Britton on September 25, 2010. Mr. Britton is survived by his brother, Leo Britton of Tyler, Texas; sister, Ailene Harvey of Tyler, Texas; nephew, Donald Sanders of Lindale, Texas; grandchildren, Carol Dyess of Chandler, Texas, Melvin Phelps of Lindale, Texas, Ronnie Phelps of Kilgore, Texas, Stanley Phelps of Kansas and Lloyd Phelps of Winona, Texas; numerous great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Serving as pallbearers will be Bobby Dyess, Melvin Phelps, Ronnie Phelps, Jamie Phelps, Lloyd Phelps and James Malone. The family will receive friends from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. Thursday, September 29, 2016 at the Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home in Lindale.