Melody Christine Warden, 31, passed away Tuesday, November 26, 2019.
Funeral: 1:00 p.m. Saturday, December 7, 2019 at Wade Family Funeral Home, 4140 W. Pioneer Parkway, Arlington.
Visitation: The family will receive friends from 12 - 1 p.m. prior to the service.
Interment: Moore Memorial Gardens, Arlington.
Memorials: In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Melody Warden's name to the North Austin Foundation http://northaustinfoundation.com/
Melody was born September 8, 1988 in Fort Worth, Texas to Richard Eric Warden Sr. and Toni Ann Miller Warden.
Melody was very creative. She loved to draw and doodle, especially with lots of sparkles.
She loved animals, from Bandit and Ginger as a child, to her beloved cat Salem.
Melody was active in her recovery community and enjoyed journaling, meditation, yoga and fellowship with others in recovery.
Relationships with family and friends meant a great deal to Mel. She was a kindred spirit to all who were fortunate enough to meet her and people just naturally gravitated toward her. She never met a stranger.
Melody was blessed with her beautiful son Phoenix seven months ago. He has inherited her joyful spirit and ability to bring a smile to the face of everyone he meets. That is her legacy that lives on through him.
Melody was preceded in death by her grandmother, Deanna Sue Fox, and her son's father, Dean Ray Hutcherson.
Survivors: Son, Phoenix Hutcherson Warden; mother, Toni Warden; father, Richard Warden Sr.; brother, Richard Warden Jr.; grandparents, Tina and George Ray Trimble; uncles, David Warden, Jerry Warden, Thomas Miller and Tim Steffenhagen; and aunt, Mary Steffenhagen.
Wade Family Funeral Home & Crematory
817-274-9233