Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Rader Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. B. G. Higgins officiating. Burial will be in Kilgore Cemetery under the direction of Rader Funeral Home.
Mr. Melton, a native of Christian County, Mo., had lived in Kilgore since 1949, when he moved here from Joplin, Mo.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Gladys Melton; a daughter, Mrs. Shirley Mitchell of Joplin; four sons, Don Melton of Odessa, Bob Melton and Max Melton both of Kilgore, and Rogert Melton of Garland, his mother, Mrs. Minnie Melton of Kilgore; four brothers, Everett Melton of Joplin; Mo., Harold Melton of Kansas City, Mo., Virgil Melton of Kilgore and L. G. Melton of Gridley, Calif.
Also two sisters, Mrs. Orville Cottrell of Tyler and Mrs. Amos Whisman of Henderson; three half-sisters, Mrs. Ira Bray and Mrs. Walter Marenholtz, both of Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. Oscar McGinnis of Ozark, Mo.; one half brother, Clifford Melton of Springfield, Mo.; six grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Rader Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. B. G. Higgins officiating. Burial will be in Kilgore Cemetery under the direction of Rader Funeral Home.
Mr. Melton, a native of Christian County, Mo., had lived in Kilgore since 1949, when he moved here from Joplin, Mo.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Gladys Melton; a daughter, Mrs. Shirley Mitchell of Joplin; four sons, Don Melton of Odessa, Bob Melton and Max Melton both of Kilgore, and Rogert Melton of Garland, his mother, Mrs. Minnie Melton of Kilgore; four brothers, Everett Melton of Joplin; Mo., Harold Melton of Kansas City, Mo., Virgil Melton of Kilgore and L. G. Melton of Gridley, Calif.
Also two sisters, Mrs. Orville Cottrell of Tyler and Mrs. Amos Whisman of Henderson; three half-sisters, Mrs. Ira Bray and Mrs. Walter Marenholtz, both of Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. Oscar McGinnis of Ozark, Mo.; one half brother, Clifford Melton of Springfield, Mo.; six grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Family Members
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Everett Thomas Melton
1900–1976
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Nola Blanche Melton Whisman
1904–1980
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Bessie Avis Melton Cottrell
1906–1999
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Virgil Jack "Red" Melton
1909–1994
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Harold Melton
1911–1978
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Loyce Green Melton
1915–1989
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Epp Melton
1883–1943
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Effie May Melton Stubbs
1885–1960
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Stephen Decatur "Kate" Melton Jr
1887–1962
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Clifford D. Melton
1890–1971
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Flora Irene "Auntie" Melton Bray
1891–1986
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Birdie Vivian Melton McGinnis
1893–1980
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G. Purd Melton
1895–1945
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William McKinley "Bill" Melton
1897–1961
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Lucy Ann "Muttie" Melton von Marenholtz
1898–1986
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