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Dortha Bernice “Dot” <I>Vernon</I> Melton

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Dortha Bernice “Dot” Vernon Melton

Birth
Cloverport, Hardeman County, Tennessee, USA
Death
20 Aug 1997 (aged 69)
Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Medon, Madison County, Tennessee, USA GPS-Latitude: 35.4533713, Longitude: -88.8694733
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MEDON - Dortha 'Dot' Melton, 69, retired Kroger employee, died Wednesday of complications from cancer at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was preceded in death by a daughter who was stillborn, on December 16, 1949. They had named her Joyce Evelyn Melton; she is buried in the cemetery at Clover Creek Baptist Church, close to her Mother.

Services for Mrs. Melton will be at 2 p.m. today at Clover Creek Baptist Church in Medon, TN, where she was a member; with burial in Clover Creek Cemetery. George A. Smith & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel has charge.

She was born on September 28, 1927 in Hardeman County, TN; her parents were the late Tom Ewing and Maude Parlow Vernon. She was married to Berlon Euther Melton on November 12, 1947 and later divorced.

Mrs. Melton leaves a daughter, Carolyn Faye Melton Stavely of Medon; and three sisters, Margaret Jones of Jackson, Clara Helton of Medon and Mary Emma Zink of Memphis.

MEDON - Dortha 'Dot' Melton, 69, retired Kroger employee, died Wednesday of complications from cancer at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was preceded in death by a daughter who was stillborn, on December 16, 1949. They had named her Joyce Evelyn Melton; she is buried in the cemetery at Clover Creek Baptist Church, close to her Mother.

Services for Mrs. Melton will be at 2 p.m. today at Clover Creek Baptist Church in Medon, TN, where she was a member; with burial in Clover Creek Cemetery. George A. Smith & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel has charge.

She was born on September 28, 1927 in Hardeman County, TN; her parents were the late Tom Ewing and Maude Parlow Vernon. She was married to Berlon Euther Melton on November 12, 1947 and later divorced.

Mrs. Melton leaves a daughter, Carolyn Faye Melton Stavely of Medon; and three sisters, Margaret Jones of Jackson, Clara Helton of Medon and Mary Emma Zink of Memphis.

Bio by: Barbara Melton Lewis



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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88928154/dortha_bernice-melton: accessed ), memorial page for Dortha Bernice “Dot” Vernon Melton (28 Sep 1927–20 Aug 1997), Find a Grave Memorial ID 88928154, citing Clover Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Medon, Madison County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by B Holland (contributor 47041659).