Obituaries: David M. Melton, 1965, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: July 8, 1965 Winn Parish Enterprise

David Melton, 38, Succumbs After Brief Illness

Funeral services for David M. Melton, 38, were held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the
chapel of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield with Rev. C. C. Martin in
charge, assisted by Dr. W. L. Holcomb.  Burial was in Garden of Memories
Cemetery near Winnfield.

Melton, an oil production employee of Humble Oil Co., died Thursday at Grand
Isle after a brief illness.  He was a native of Winn Parish and a member of
the Laurel Heights Baptist Church.

Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Edwina Melton of Winnfield; two sons, Donald
Paul and Stephen David Melton of Winnfield; a daughter, Judith Kay Melton
of Winnfield; three sisters, Mrs. Sunshine Taylor, Mrs. Carolyn Slaton, both
of Odessa, Texas; and Mrs. Mildred Gorham of Winnfield; and his mother, Mrs.
Claude Melton of Winnfield.

Pallbearers were cousins of the deceased who were Cecil Valentine, Drew
Valentine, Muriel Valentine, Wilburn Garrett, James Tarver, and Rudolph
Tarver.