Obituary of L.M. "Lynn" Melton, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana


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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal;
Wednesday, June 3, 1998


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L.M. "Lynn" Melton

L.M. "Lynn" Melton, 73, of Georgetown, died Wednesday, May 13, 1998, in the
Winn Parish Medical Center in Winnfield.

He was a veteran of World War II and was a Baptist. He was a 30 year employee
of the Grant Parish School Board as a bus driver for Georgetown High School.
He was also a member of the Paralyzed Veterans Association.

Services were held at 2 p.m., Friday, May 15, in the chapel of Southern
Funeral Home in Winnfield with Rev. W.D. Carson and Dr. Calvin Phelps
officiating.

Interment followed in the Liberty Chapel Cemetery at Williana under direction
of Southern, Winnfield.

Survivors are his wife, Toy Haynes Melton of Georgetown; one daughter, Markita
Russell of Bossier City; two brothers, W.K. melton, of Rolling Fork, Ms., and
Phillip Melton of Salem, S.D.; four sisters, Charlotte McFarland and Bobbie
Tullos, both of Winnfield, Nancy Sledge of Metairie, Fannie Coleman of Olla;
and two grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Milt Barrett, Ray Barrett, Johnny Haynes, Bruce Campbell,
Augie Barrett, Jason Williams.

Honorary pallbearers were Charles Dow, Johnny Jones, Johnnie Moore and James
DeWitt.