Maledon, Ethel L. 


Services for Ethel L. Maledon, 97, of Longview, will be 2 p.m. 
Thursday, June 22, 2006, in the Ford Chapel of First Baptist 
Church, with Dr. Tim Watson and the Rev. Dewayne Beaty 
officiating. Entombment will be held at Memory Park Mausoleum. 
Mrs. Maledon passed away Monday, June 19, 2006, at a local 
medical center. Mrs. Maledon was born January 15, 1909, in New 
Orleans, Louisiana, to Joseph Dudley and Artina Marie Hughes 
Poday. She served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers 
during World War II, working at the Karnack Ammunition Plant. 
She was a member of First Baptist Church for more than 70 years, 
singing in their choir for 50 of those years. She was an avid 
bridge player who achieved the status of life master with the 
American Contract Bridge League. Also, she was a sustaining 
member of the Junior League of Longview. Mrs. Maledon was 
preceded in death by her husband of 72 years, Elick N. Maledon. 
Survivors include her daughter, Molly Ethel Maledon Arp and 
husband, Bobby, of Longview; son, Elick N. Maledon and wife, 
Sally, of Ruidoso, New Mexico; granddaughters, Shannon Guttry 
of Longview, and Stacye McCollum of Lewisville; grandsons, 
Ryan Arp and Elick Arp of Longview; four great-grandchildren; 
extended family members; and numerous friends. The family 
received friends from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday evening, June 21, 
2006, at the funeral home. An online registry may be signed 
at www.news-journal.com, by clicking on the obituaries link.

Published in the Longview News-Journal from 6/21/2006 - 6/22/2006.