Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009
COOKEVILLE -- Funeral services for Callie Dimple Myers Melton, 98, of Cookeville, will be held Thursday, Oct. 15, at noon from the Cookeville chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Shiloh Cemetery in the Windle Community of Overton County.
Family will receive friends Thursday, Oct. 15, from 10 a.m. until time of services at the funeral home. Mrs. Melton went to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009. She was born Sept. 30, 1911, in Overton County to the late Luther Jackson and Sallie Edith Smith Myers. Mrs. Melton resided with her niece, Sally McDonald Askew, in Cookeville. She was a founding member of Parkview United Methodist Church (now Friendship United Methodist Church).
She earned her B.S. degree in education from Tennessee Polytechnic Institute (TTU) and a master's degree in library science from George Peabody College. Mrs. Melton taught in the Upper Cumberland area for more than 53 years. As an accomplished teacher, librarian, Girl Scout, poet, published author, genealogist, historian and storyteller, she touched the lives of young and old with her love for a good story, books, history, folktales, wildflowers, great food particularly biscuits) and all things family.
Her family includes three beloved sisters, Mary Barker of Sparta, Marjorie Deck of Maryville and Betty Ashburn of Cookeville; a sister-in-law, Thelma Myers of Santa Ana, Calif.; nieces and nephews Shelby Reid, Patsy and Bob Richardson, Jack and Debbie Myers, Sally Askew, John and Cheryl Myers, Susanne and Roy Ferguson, Steve and Pam Deck, Wayne and Melinda Netherton, Joe and Stephanie Kolb, Phil and Heather Combest, Brett Myers,and Darren and Beth Shell; 11 great-nieces and -nephews; nine great-great-nieces and -nephews; and a great-great-great-niece and -nephew. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Melton was preceded in death by her husband, Claude O. Melton; five brothers and four sisters-in-law, Ernest and Edna Myers Smith, Luther K. and Lorelle Myers, Tracy A. and Wilma Myers, Earl P. and Mary Jo Myers and Arthur B. (Art) Myers; and a nephew, Joe Pat Myers.
Pallbearers will be Jack and John Myers, Steve Deck, Wayne Netherton, Kenneth Allen, Roy Ferguson, Jack Horton, Carl Sullivan and Ernest Copeland. Pastor Monica Mowdy will officiate the services.
(Printed 14 Oct 2009 in The Herald-Citizen, A newspaper published in Cookeville, Tennessee.)
COOKEVILLE -- Funeral services for Callie Dimple Myers Melton, 98, of Cookeville, will be held Thursday, Oct. 15, at noon from the Cookeville chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Shiloh Cemetery in the Windle Community of Overton County.
Family will receive friends Thursday, Oct. 15, from 10 a.m. until time of services at the funeral home. Mrs. Melton went to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009. She was born Sept. 30, 1911, in Overton County to the late Luther Jackson and Sallie Edith Smith Myers. Mrs. Melton resided with her niece, Sally McDonald Askew, in Cookeville. She was a founding member of Parkview United Methodist Church (now Friendship United Methodist Church).
She earned her B.S. degree in education from Tennessee Polytechnic Institute (TTU) and a master's degree in library science from George Peabody College. Mrs. Melton taught in the Upper Cumberland area for more than 53 years. As an accomplished teacher, librarian, Girl Scout, poet, published author, genealogist, historian and storyteller, she touched the lives of young and old with her love for a good story, books, history, folktales, wildflowers, great food particularly biscuits) and all things family.
Her family includes three beloved sisters, Mary Barker of Sparta, Marjorie Deck of Maryville and Betty Ashburn of Cookeville; a sister-in-law, Thelma Myers of Santa Ana, Calif.; nieces and nephews Shelby Reid, Patsy and Bob Richardson, Jack and Debbie Myers, Sally Askew, John and Cheryl Myers, Susanne and Roy Ferguson, Steve and Pam Deck, Wayne and Melinda Netherton, Joe and Stephanie Kolb, Phil and Heather Combest, Brett Myers,and Darren and Beth Shell; 11 great-nieces and -nephews; nine great-great-nieces and -nephews; and a great-great-great-niece and -nephew. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Melton was preceded in death by her husband, Claude O. Melton; five brothers and four sisters-in-law, Ernest and Edna Myers Smith, Luther K. and Lorelle Myers, Tracy A. and Wilma Myers, Earl P. and Mary Jo Myers and Arthur B. (Art) Myers; and a nephew, Joe Pat Myers.
Pallbearers will be Jack and John Myers, Steve Deck, Wayne Netherton, Kenneth Allen, Roy Ferguson, Jack Horton, Carl Sullivan and Ernest Copeland. Pastor Monica Mowdy will officiate the services.
(Printed 14 Oct 2009 in The Herald-Citizen, A newspaper published in Cookeville, Tennessee.)
Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009
COOKEVILLE -- Funeral services for Callie Dimple Myers Melton, 98, of Cookeville, will be held Thursday, Oct. 15, at noon from the Cookeville chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Shiloh Cemetery in the Windle Community of Overton County.
Family will receive friends Thursday, Oct. 15, from 10 a.m. until time of services at the funeral home. Mrs. Melton went to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009. She was born Sept. 30, 1911, in Overton County to the late Luther Jackson and Sallie Edith Smith Myers. Mrs. Melton resided with her niece, Sally McDonald Askew, in Cookeville. She was a founding member of Parkview United Methodist Church (now Friendship United Methodist Church).
She earned her B.S. degree in education from Tennessee Polytechnic Institute (TTU) and a master's degree in library science from George Peabody College. Mrs. Melton taught in the Upper Cumberland area for more than 53 years. As an accomplished teacher, librarian, Girl Scout, poet, published author, genealogist, historian and storyteller, she touched the lives of young and old with her love for a good story, books, history, folktales, wildflowers, great food particularly biscuits) and all things family.
Her family includes three beloved sisters, Mary Barker of Sparta, Marjorie Deck of Maryville and Betty Ashburn of Cookeville; a sister-in-law, Thelma Myers of Santa Ana, Calif.; nieces and nephews Shelby Reid, Patsy and Bob Richardson, Jack and Debbie Myers, Sally Askew, John and Cheryl Myers, Susanne and Roy Ferguson, Steve and Pam Deck, Wayne and Melinda Netherton, Joe and Stephanie Kolb, Phil and Heather Combest, Brett Myers,and Darren and Beth Shell; 11 great-nieces and -nephews; nine great-great-nieces and -nephews; and a great-great-great-niece and -nephew. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Melton was preceded in death by her husband, Claude O. Melton; five brothers and four sisters-in-law, Ernest and Edna Myers Smith, Luther K. and Lorelle Myers, Tracy A. and Wilma Myers, Earl P. and Mary Jo Myers and Arthur B. (Art) Myers; and a nephew, Joe Pat Myers.
Pallbearers will be Jack and John Myers, Steve Deck, Wayne Netherton, Kenneth Allen, Roy Ferguson, Jack Horton, Carl Sullivan and Ernest Copeland. Pastor Monica Mowdy will officiate the services.
(Printed 14 Oct 2009 in The Herald-Citizen, A newspaper published in Cookeville, Tennessee.)
COOKEVILLE -- Funeral services for Callie Dimple Myers Melton, 98, of Cookeville, will be held Thursday, Oct. 15, at noon from the Cookeville chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Shiloh Cemetery in the Windle Community of Overton County.
Family will receive friends Thursday, Oct. 15, from 10 a.m. until time of services at the funeral home. Mrs. Melton went to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009. She was born Sept. 30, 1911, in Overton County to the late Luther Jackson and Sallie Edith Smith Myers. Mrs. Melton resided with her niece, Sally McDonald Askew, in Cookeville. She was a founding member of Parkview United Methodist Church (now Friendship United Methodist Church).
She earned her B.S. degree in education from Tennessee Polytechnic Institute (TTU) and a master's degree in library science from George Peabody College. Mrs. Melton taught in the Upper Cumberland area for more than 53 years. As an accomplished teacher, librarian, Girl Scout, poet, published author, genealogist, historian and storyteller, she touched the lives of young and old with her love for a good story, books, history, folktales, wildflowers, great food particularly biscuits) and all things family.
Her family includes three beloved sisters, Mary Barker of Sparta, Marjorie Deck of Maryville and Betty Ashburn of Cookeville; a sister-in-law, Thelma Myers of Santa Ana, Calif.; nieces and nephews Shelby Reid, Patsy and Bob Richardson, Jack and Debbie Myers, Sally Askew, John and Cheryl Myers, Susanne and Roy Ferguson, Steve and Pam Deck, Wayne and Melinda Netherton, Joe and Stephanie Kolb, Phil and Heather Combest, Brett Myers,and Darren and Beth Shell; 11 great-nieces and -nephews; nine great-great-nieces and -nephews; and a great-great-great-niece and -nephew. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Melton was preceded in death by her husband, Claude O. Melton; five brothers and four sisters-in-law, Ernest and Edna Myers Smith, Luther K. and Lorelle Myers, Tracy A. and Wilma Myers, Earl P. and Mary Jo Myers and Arthur B. (Art) Myers; and a nephew, Joe Pat Myers.
Pallbearers will be Jack and John Myers, Steve Deck, Wayne Netherton, Kenneth Allen, Roy Ferguson, Jack Horton, Carl Sullivan and Ernest Copeland. Pastor Monica Mowdy will officiate the services.
(Printed 14 Oct 2009 in The Herald-Citizen, A newspaper published in Cookeville, Tennessee.)
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