Obituaries: Laura L. Tyson Melton, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by: Grady L. McFarland, 379 Packton-Alex Rd, Winnfielf, La
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From: Friday August 30, 1935 Winnfield News - American

Mrs. Laura Melton Is Killed In An Automobile Collision En Route
From Packton To Vicksburg, Miss. Sunday

Funeral services for aged Winn Parish Citizen at Tyson Cemetery.

Mrs. Laura (Tyson) Melton, age about 79 years, died in a Vicksburg, Miss
hospital at 3 pm. Monday of injuries received in an automobile collision
Sunday afternoon while enroute from Packton to the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Ruby Sharpin, at Rolling Fork, Miss. Funeral services were held
Thursday noon at the Tyson Cemetery near Packton.

The accident is reported to have occurred on the Hwy near Vicksburg
when the car in which Mrs. Melton was riding collided with another car.
Mrs. Melton was thrown from the car receiving severe injuries. She was
taken to the hospital in Vicksburg where she succumbed Monday.
Mrs. Sharpin was not injured. Mrs. Mollie Stephens of Packton, whom
Mother and sister had been visiting, went to her mother as soon after the
accident as possible.

Mrs. Melton was a widely known citizen of Winn Parish and has a large
number of relatives and friends in this section. For the past several years,
because of ill health, she has been making her home with her children.
She was living with her daughter in Miss. at the time of the accident,
and they were returning home after a visit with Mrs. Mollie Stevens
at Packton.

Surviving Mrs. Melton are three daughters: Mrs. Irby Sharpin, of Rolling
Fork, Miss; Mrs. Kate Gilmore of Alpine, Texas; Mrs. Mollie Stevens,
Packton; and two sons: Bud Melton and Walker Melton of Packton.


Footnote added 8/1999:
Laurette Louisiana Tyson ( Laura L.) (b. 5/03/1856) married Elbert
Madison Melton ( 4/14/1856 - 9/05/1932 ).

For further information, refer to Ben Elbert "Walker" Melton Family
article in Biographies Section - Winn Parish Archives - USGENWEB.