Rueben Franklin “Rube” Melton

Birth: 27 Feb 1917
Cramerton, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
Death: 11 Sep 1971 (aged 54)
Greer, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Burial: Woodlawn Memorial Park

Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 34.8833321, Longitude: -82.3615641
Memorial ID: 45652474 View Source

Major league baseball player 1941-1947. Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies and the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Veteran - WW II

Cause of death: car accident which also claimed his wife.

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Hazel Walker Bunting Melton

1916–1971 (m. 1937)

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James W. "Buster" Melton

1939–2013

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