SEAFORD - Gladys B. Melvin passed away Saturday, July 31, 2010, at the Seaford Center. She was 93. She was born on Oct. 22, 1916, in Blue Ball, Pa., daughter of the late Cameron and Bessie (Moore) McVey. Gladys worked for Playtex, Dover for 32 years. She enjoyed listening to gospel music, TV ministry and singing. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, Clifton Melvin; a brother, Calvin McVey; two sisters, Ethel Heller and Madell Salle; and four grandchildren, Jamie Bell, Jack Bell, Justin Gary, and Jason Gary. She is survived by two daughters, Mary Alice Rentz and her husband Robert of Felton, and Nancy Lee Gary of Arthur, Iowa; a sister, Doris Fillingim of Florida; three grandchildren, Terry Powell of Felton, Jeffery Gary of Florida, and Amy Acosta of Iowa; four great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter. Service will be 2 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 4, at Pippin Funeral Home, 119 W. Camden-Wyoming Ave., Wyoming, where friends may gather one hour earlier. Burial will follow in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Camden. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Muscular Dystrophy Assoc., P.O. Box 78960, Tucson, AZ 85062-8960. Letters of condolences can be sent via www.pippinfuneralhome.com.