Clay County AlArchives Obituaries.....Mellon, John R. April 12, 1960 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Linda Ayres http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00031.html#0007674 June 1, 2023, 7:10 pm Ashland Progress John Robert Mellon, age 71, passed away Tuesday night, April 12th, in Clay County Hospital, following a heart attack suffered two weeks previously. Funeral services are today, April 14th, 2 o'clock, at the Olive Branch Baptist Church, where he is a member. Rev. H. T. Tapley officiated, assisted by Elder B. Finley and Rev. A. O. Burdette. Interment was in the church cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. J. R. Mellon; one daughter, Miss Grace Mellon; two sons, Roy of Ashland and Ottis of Birmingham; and three grandchildren. Active pallbearers were nephews: Wendell, Alvin, Clide, Ray and Lavelle Elliott, and Jimmy Pogue. Honorary pallbearers were the deacons of the Olive Branch Church: Ethridge Moon, Morgan Tomlin, Morris Willis, Joe Gibson, Roy McCollum, Brewster Birchfield, and Stell Young. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/clay/obits/m/mellon6041gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb