Melba Jean Burt Steele was born Oct. 27, 1940 in Texarkana but grew up in Fort Worth. She passed away May 18, 2024. 
She went through LVN training at St. Joseph’s Hospital and went on to receive her RN at Arlington. She worked as a nurse mostly in Dallas for 45 years  including 25 years as an OR Nurse for Dr. Frits Barton.
She and her husband of over 50 years, John,  lived in Tool for 20 years. She attended Cedar Creek Lake United Methodist Church. 
Melba was preceded in death by her husband, two sons, a brother and sister.

LOG CABIN–Log Cabin City Council voted June 27 to accept the audit of the city’s 2023 finances, which the auditor described as “cash positive” as of Sept. 30 that year.
David Godwin, a Tyler-based certified public accountant who gave Log Cabin an unmodified opinion (“the best you can have,” he said), stated Log Cabin had a $396,000 unrestricted cash balance at that point. “You guys are doing well,” he remarked.

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Operation Finally Home Project Manager Ronnie Lyles (front), Tool City Manager Julius Kizzee, Mabank Housing Authority Chrissy Adams and Mabank City Secretary Kim McClaskey give words of welcome in their “Letters of Love” to the Walker Family June 26.

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Incoming Mabank High School Senior and Rodeo Queen Kira Renton carries the American flag during the grand entry ceremony of the 69th Annual Mabank Rodeo and Western Week before the national anthem June 29.