Obituary of Melvin L. Creekmore, 1996, Crittenden County, AR

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Submitted by:  Regina Creekmore Weaver <weave@ipa.net>
Date: 16 Aug 2001

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From the Commercial Appeal, Wednesday, September 25, 1996

Melvin L. Creekmore, 87, of Marion, Ark., carpenter, died Monday of heart
disease at Methodist Hospital in Memphis.  Services will be at 10 a.m.
Thursday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home of West Memphis with burial in
Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion. Mr. Creekmore, the husband of Zela
Creekmore, also leaves seven sons, Melvin Creekmore, Delbert Creekmore and
Dean Creekmore, all of West Memphis, Alfred Creekmore of Marion, Richard
Creekmore of Bartlett, Preston Creekmore of Horn Lake, Miss., and Walter
Creekmore of La Place, La.; two sisters, Edna Holland of Red Bay, Ala., and
Irene Holland of Jolliet, Ill., 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.


From the Evening Times, West Memphis, Ark., Wedensday, September 25, 1996,
page 2:

Melvin Creekmore

Melvin L. Creekmore of Marion died Monday at Methodist Central Hospital,
Memphis.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home's
chapel with burial in Crittenden Memorial Park.  Visitation will be at 6
p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mr. Creekmore, 87, a carpenter, raised seven sons on Bruins Plantion on
Horseshoe Lake with all seven graduating from Hughes High School and two
graduating from college.  A Red Bay, Ala. native, he moved to Crittenden
County from Elaine in 1953 and had lived in Marion since 1982.

He leaves his wife of 59 years, Mrs. Zela Chappell Creekmore; seven sons,
Melvin Creekmore and Delbert Creekmore of West Memphis, Alfred Creekmore of
Marion, Richard Creekmore of Bartlett, Tenn., Preston Creekmore of Horn
Lake, Miss., Walter Creekmore of La Place, La., and Dean Creekmore of West
Memphis; two sisters, Edna Holland of Red Bay and Irene Holland of Joliet,
Ill., 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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