Melba Haynes

Services for Melba Joyce Haynes, 89, of Ada are 10:00 a.m. Friday, May 16, 2025, at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel; Dr. Rusty Fuller and Rev. David Gray will officiate.  Burial will follow at Oakman Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Thursday at Criswell Funeral Home.

Mrs. Haynes passed away Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Ada.  She was born July 14, 1935, in Blair, OK to Carl and Nellie Davis Starr.  She was an operator for Southwestern Bell until her retirement.

Survivors are her two sons, Rodney Haynes and wife Sherry of Ada and Steven Haynes and wife Marlene of Ada; sister-in-law, Denise Haynes of Ada; brothers, James Starr of Oklahoma City and Danny Starr of Ft. Smith, AR; grandchildren, Heather Haynes, Cody Haynes, Tyler Haynes, Weston Haynes, Caitlyn Haynes, Kristin Haynes, Shawna Senkel, Rhonda Willis, Kim Massey, and Ryan Haynes; and numerous great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Haynes; parents, Carl and Nell Starr; son, Robert Haynes; brothers, Gary Starr and Don Starr; and sisters, Wanda Dohrman, Bobbie Webb, and Shirley Starr.

Bearers are Ryan Haynes, Weston Haynes, Cody Haynes, Tyler Haynes, Scott Senkel, Jeff Willis, and Heath Massey.