Melissa Richards

Benson:  Mrs. Melissa Songer Richards, age 38, of Benson died in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Funeral services will be 11:00AM Wednesday at Rose & Graham Funeral Home Chapel in Benson. Officiating will be Pastor Eddie White. Burial will follow in the Thornton - Hayes Family Cemetery, Benson.             Mrs. Richards was born January 26, 1979 in West Virginia to the late Roger Conway Songer and Elizabeth Ann Pauley Songer.  She was also preceded in death by her brother, Brock Songer.  Melissa was a homemaker.             Surviving include her husband, Nicholas A. Richards of Colorado Springs, Co; daughter, Shaina  Nichole Lynn of Benson; son, Brian Matthew Lynn of Dunn; sisters and brothers-in-law, Robin S. and Greg Hill of West Virginia and Sally and Mike Haight of McGee's Crossroads; brother, Johnny Songer of West Virginia; and several nieces and nephews.             The family will receive friends at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Benson from 6:00PM to 8:00PM Tuesday.