Berrien County GaArchives Obituaries.....Stanford, Jr., Melton C. November 4, 2015 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Shirley McMillan Durden http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006039 September 8, 2023, 12:54 pm The Berrien Press - November 11, 2015 Home. He was born December 4, 1925, in Echols County to the late Melton Colquitt and Abbie Stanford. He was retired from Ryder Truck Lines in Jacksonville, FL as a truck driver with over 40 years of service. He was of the Baptist faith and an Army veteran who served in WWII. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Ruth Kirkland and Margie Johnson; and three brothers, Lewis, Russell and L.A. Stanford. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Sutton of Quitman; two daughters, Mary Dean Barnard and Shirley Staton, both of Jacksonville; son, Johnny (Lydia) Stanford of Jacksonville; brother, J.L. Stanford of Nashville; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held on Sunday, November 8 at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of Lovein Funeral Home with the Rev. Murrell Bennett officiating. Interment was in Wayfare Cemetery. Lovein Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/berrien/obits/s/stanford6729nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb