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Melody Rose Sparks Poindexter, 42, passed away peacefully on April 22, 2025, in High Rolls Mountain Park, New Mexico. She was born on April 26, 1982, in Miami, Arizona, to Walter Henderson and Cheryl Hughen.
Melody was a devoted mother, loving wife, cherished daughter, sister, and friend. A gifted musician from the age of three, she became proficient on both the viola and violin, earning multiple junior championship awards and performing with the Hobbs Southwest Symphony since 1998. She brought music and light to the lives of everyone she met and passed her passion for music down to her children.
Melody was a Crimson Scholar at NMSU-A, where she earned associate degrees in general studies, criminal justice, and elementary education. She served the Alamogordo Police Department for 16 years and was a certified CPR and Crisis Intervention Training instructor, helping train people across the state to save lives.
Melody’s life was full of love, service, and music. She cared deeply for those around her and never hesitated to help those in need. Her warmth, strength, and grace will be missed by all who knew her.
She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Buell and Dovie Lindley and Nina Minor; her brother, Charlie Henderson; her son, Christopher David Sparks; and her grandson, River Poindexter.
She is survived by her husband, Chad Dee Poindexter; her parents, Cheryl and Paul Hughen; her parents in-law, Robert and Paula Poindexter; her children, Rebecca and James Knight, Catherine Sparks, Jonathan Sparks, Elizabeth Sparks, Joshua (Rose) and Chess Poindexter, Dylan Poindexter, Hunter Poindexter, Oliver Kern, and Kevin Mansell; her grandchild, Rowan Poindexter; her sisters, Chrystie Owens, Pamela Barr, and Rachel Smith; her brother, Mark Poindexter; and many others in her wonderful family.
Melody’s legacy lives on in the music she played, the lives she touched, and the deep love she gave to her family and friends. Her melody will never fade.
Please join us to celebrate Melody’s life on May 10th, 2025, at 1:30 p.m. at the High Rolls Lions Club/Senior Center, 56 Cottage Row, High Rolls Mountain Park, NM 88325. Melody’s favorite colors are purple and blue if you would like to wear those colors in her memory.
For those who are able, contributions to Melody’s memorial may be made to the GoFundMe “Donations for Melody’s Funeral Services” organized by Aubrienne Balderrama Montoya.
The family has entrusted their loved one to the care of Scenic Chapel to direct the services.
