Obituaries: Wright Melton, 1976, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 27, 1976 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Wright Melton, 83, Succumbs; Rites Friday

Wright Melton, 83, of Winnfield died Wednesday, October 20, 1976 in Minden.

Services were held at 2 p.m. Friday at Winnfield Presbyterian Church.  The
Rev. W. R. Gage officiated.  Burial was in Melton Cemetery near Winnfield.

Mr. Melton was a member of First Presbyterian Church, a retired farmer and
employee of American Creosote where he was a tie checker.  He was a native of
Winn Parish.

Surviving are his widow, three stepsons, O. J. White, Baton Rouge, E. H.
White, Sondheimer, and Doyle White, Oak Grove; six stepdaughters, Mrs. Bobbie
Jean Beatty, Minden, Mrs. Murphy Smith, Farmerville, Mrs. Johnnie Bennett, Oak
Grove, Mrs. Lennie Mae Williams, Nicholson, Miss., Mrs. Edith White,
Tallulah, and Mrs. Ethel Arender, Alexandria; two brothers, Cranford Melton
and Lee Melton, both of Winnfield; two sisters, Mrs. Ann Finch and Mrs. Jewel
Shepherd, both of Baton Rouge; 26 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren.