The birth date shown here (April 6) is from the SSDI. The KY birth certificate index gives it as April 5.
His wife, Martha Stafford Melson, died April 24, 1972 as the result of an automobile wreck near Adams, Tennessee, as they were en route home to Illinois from the funeral of her brother Doyle Stafford in Gainesboro TN. She was the daughter of Bertha Lee (Tayse) Stafford (19131271) and Fowler D. Stafford (34285964).
In addition to the siblings linked below, he had another sister, Opal M. Melson (164661801) b. 1923, m. Calvin Rinck (164661682).
The birth date shown here (April 6) is from the SSDI. The KY birth certificate index gives it as April 5.
His wife, Martha Stafford Melson, died April 24, 1972 as the result of an automobile wreck near Adams, Tennessee, as they were en route home to Illinois from the funeral of her brother Doyle Stafford in Gainesboro TN. She was the daughter of Bertha Lee (Tayse) Stafford (19131271) and Fowler D. Stafford (34285964).
In addition to the siblings linked below, he had another sister, Opal M. Melson (164661801) b. 1923, m. Calvin Rinck (164661682).
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