Melvin Gene Cazalas Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral services for Melvin Gene Cazalas, 61, of Gilmer, will be held at 10:00 am, Saturday, March 27, 2021 in the chapel of McWhorter Funeral Home with Bro. Craig Evers and Bro. Jeremy Mills officiating. The family will receive friends 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Friday, March 26, 2021 at the funeral home. Melvin was born February 23, 1960, in Phoenix, Arizona, to Johnny Murdock and Judith Arlene Summers Cazalas and passed from this life March 22, 2021, in Plano, Texas. Melvin married Juanita Gayle Nunley, June 24, 1978, at Shady Grove Church in Hawkins, Texas. He worked at Lone Star Steel as a Press Operator until his retirement. Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Gayle Cazalas; son, Melton Cazalas (Amy); daughter, Geni Jackson (Adam); mother, Judy Cazalas; his mom and dad Patricia and W.H. “Jr.” Nunley, grandchildren, BreAnna “Pearl” Jackson; Makenzie Gayle Jackson, Corban Gene Cazalas, Coltan Gene Cazalas, Bristal Maree Jackson, Abigail Michelle Cazalas, and Jacob Melton Cazalas, brothers and sisters, Donald Wayne Cazalas, Jimmy Cazalas, Richard Cazalas, Corrie Stephenson, Beth Jones, Dale & Joe Gallegos, Kay Neal, Kelly Cazalas, and Donna Kee. He is preceded in death by his father, J. M. Cazalas; grandchild; Lucas Adam Jackson; sisters, Becky Little and Peggy Sue Kinnison; and by his brother, J. B. Cazalas. Pallbearers are Adam Jackson, Melton Cazalas, Corban Cazalas, Dustyn Watkins, Duane Flowers, Bobby Lee Clawson, Bobby Isenburg and Jeremy Mills. Honorary pallbearers are Coltan Cazalas, Jacob Cazalas, Roger Watkins, Bobby Livingston and Joe Duncan. Please visit Melvin’s on-line registration book at www.mcwhorterfh.com to leave a memory for the family.

Melvin Gene Cazalas

February 23, 1960 - March 22, 2021