Melissa Dawn Adkins Byrne, 67, of Henderson, Kentucky, went to be with the Lord on Friday, October 28, 2022.

She was born in Henderson, Kentucky, on October 24, 1955, to the late Victor O. Adkins and Wilma Brown Adkins Collier.  Melissa graduated Henderson County High School and Henderson Community College where she received an Associate Degree in nursing.  For more than 30 years, she worked at Community Methodist Hospital where she practiced nursing for 21 years.   Melissa was a member of Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church where she belonged to the Altar Society.  She was also a member of Henderson Homemakers.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Michael Adkins.

Survivors include her husband of 48 years, David Thomas Byrne; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, including Linda Adkins of Henderson, Kentucky; and many nieces and nephews, including, Jessica Adkins Flory of Indianapolis, Indiana, and Patrick Michael Adkins of Evansville, Indiana.

Services will be at noon Thursday, November 3, 2022, at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church.  Father Stephen Lalte will officiate.  Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens.

Visitation will be from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, November 2, 2022, and until service 11 a.m. Thursday at Rudy-Rowland Funeral Home where prayers will be said at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Pallbearers will be Michael Byrne, Tim Byrne, Rachel Schaefer, Jaylon Nunn, Grant Schaefer, Casey Cox, Todd Shepherd, and Chad Sellars.

Contributions may be made to Henderson County Diabetes Coalition.

Online condolences may be made at www.rudyrowland.com .