OBIT: Benjamin B. "Judge" Melvin, d. 1954, Jefferson Co., KY

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Submitted by: Pat45324@aol.com
Date: 20 Nov 2000
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Donated by Marion Small (smallrichm@aol.com) from "Aunt Mary's Scrapbook.

A former City attorney of Jeffersontown, Benjamin B . "Judge" Melvin, 54, died 
yesterday at St. Joseph Infirmary.

Mr. Melvin, who lived at 207 N. College, Jeffersontown, started the successful 
campaign to get the Jeffersontown's water and sewage systems during his two-year term 
as City attorney in the late 1930s.

The atorney, who oned the Silver Springs swimming pool, practiced law in Jeffersontown 
after leaving the City attorney's post.

He was a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan College and the University of Louisville School of 
Law.  Mr. Melvin was a native of Marion, Ohio, a member of the Masonic Lodge and a 
charter member of the Jeffersontown Rotary Club.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Marjorie Melvin his mother Mrs. Charles Melvin, and a 
sister, Mrs. Arden Groll, Marion, Ohio.

Funeral services willbe held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Myers Funeral Home, 
Jeffersontown, with burial in Resthaven, Memorial Part.   (Oct. 8 1954)