Obituaries: Genia Eugene Johnson Melton, 1951, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: June 7, 1951 Winn Parish Enterprise

Mrs. W. Melton Succumbs To Long Illness June 4

Mrs. Wright Melton, 60 years, 7 months and 29 days of age, passed away at a
local clinic June 4, 1951, after an illness of approximately 10 years.

Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Jordan Hill
Pentecostal Church, with Rev. Gilbert Mabry officiating.  Burial was in Melton
Cemetery.

Acting as pallbearers were Rev. D. G. Boyett, Rev. Mike Long, Earl E.
Long, Ode Smith, Marion Smith, and Jesse Wilder.

A native of Claiborne Parish, Mrs. Melton was the former Miss Genia
Eugene Johnson, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Johnson, and
was born October 5, 1890, near Sharon, La.  She had been a resident of Winn
Parish for the past 40 years and had married Mr. Melton 38 years ago, and
they had made their home in the Melton Community since that time.  She was
a member of the Jordan Hill Pentecostal Church and of the Woodmen of the World
organization.

Surviving are her husband, Wright S. Melton of Route 2, Winnfield; three
nephews, one of whom she and Mr. Melton reared, who is J. E. Melton, his wife,
Margie, and their two children, Randy and Mike, of Winnfield; Louis Melton of
Minden, and Morris Melton of Minden; three other nieces, Mrs. J. A. Stephens
of Alexandria; Mrs. Violet Gates of Winnfield, and Mrs. Charles Duncan of
Mississippi.

Mrs. Melton is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. J. N. Sowers of Winnfield,
Mrs. Eva Schufler, Dallas, Texas, and Mrs. B. T. Melton of Minden; three other
nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.