Obit of W.D. Melton, 1943, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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>From the December 10, 1943 Winnfield News-American


W. D. Melton Dies Sunday Following Extended Illness

Former Parish Surveyor, School Board Member and Police Juror


William Derrell Melton died at his home six miles south of town Sunday morning
at four o'clock following an illness of several years.

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at two o'clock at the First
Baptist Church here with the Rev. H. H. McBride, pastor, conducting the rites
followed by interment inthe Winnfield cemetery, with the Masonic burial
ritual.

The deceased was born in Randolph Gounty, Georgia and moved here just before
the Civil War.  

He engaged in farming when a young man and continued it until failing health
forced him to retire several years ago.

He at one time served as parish surveyor and also school board member for Ward
1 and later as a member of the Winn Parish Police Jury.

He was a member of Eastern Star Masonic Lodge No. 151 F. & A. M. in which he
was made a lifetime member in 1925.  

Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Nancy Wright Melton, six sons, Ed, Riley,
Wright, and Lee J., of Winnfield; Bill T. and Cranford of Minden; two
daughters, Mrs. Jean Fincy of Winnfield and Mrs. Carter Keith of Baton Rouge;
one brother, Marion Melton of Winnfield and two sisters, Mrs. J. O. Till of
Appleby, Texas and Mrs. Emma Wise of Kilgore, Texas.

Active pallbearers were J. K. McLure, John Moseley, E. B. Burke, Bryant
Sholars, Fred Welch, and George Hightower.

Honorary pallbearers included:  W. E. Heard, Dr. D. W. Kelly, Dr. John T.
Moseley, Earl K. Long, Henry Dawson, Tom Long, Judge Cas Moss, B. L. Anderson,
S. M. Parker, J. G. Pope, S. N. Thomas, Walter W. Allen, C. F. Walsworth, Matt
Milam, Frank L. Shaw, John Emerson, Joe Emerson, Mack L. Branch, E. P. Heard,
S. E. Jenkins, and J. N. Sowers.

(Submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA.)