Ouachita-Tangipahoa County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....MELVILLE, VERNON LAWRENCE SR. May 9, 2009
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News Star World - May 11, 2009
VERNON LAWRENCE MELVILLE, SR.
Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Hammond, LA

Vernon Lawrence Melville, Sr., 87, of Ponchatoula, LA, passed away at his home 
on Saturday, May 9, 2009.

Mr. Melville was born to the late Leon & Mae Belle Melville, June 24, 1921, in 
Brookhaven, MS. He served in the United States Army in Europe as a medic 
during World War II. After his return from service, he owned and operated 
Melville's Grocery, in Newellton, LA for 38 years until his retirement. He 
moved to Ponchatoula in March 2006.

He attended the West Church of Christ in Hammond, LA. He loved carpentry, 
playing games with his children and grandchildren, and his dog, Hershey. He 
spent much of his spare time assembling an extensive collection of photographs 
of his immediate and extended family.

Survivors include his two daughters, Linda Thompson of Ponchatoula, and Teresa 
Welch of Hammond; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; two brothers, 
Charles and James Melville; six sisters, Lavada Long, Helen Cottrell, Llewlyn 
Gassaway, Lorraine Rucker, Joyce Mae Bond, and Margaret LaRoe.

He was preceded in death by his son, Vernon Lawrence Melville, Jr.; three 
brothers, David, Harvey Lee, and Garland Melville; three sisters, Dorothy 
Melville, Annie Ruth Myers, and Louise Craine.

Visitation will be on Tuesday, May 12, 2009, from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at 
Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home in Hammond. Visitation will continue on 
Wednesday, May 13, 2009, at the Church of Christ in Saint Joseph, Louisiana 
from 11:00 AM until the funeral service at 12:00 PM.

Burial will follow at Legion Memorial Cemetery in Newellton, LA.


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