Obituaries: Woolford Keglar Melton; Winn, Louisiana
Submitted by: Grady L McFarland, 379 Packton-Alex Rd, Winnfield, La 71483
Source: Winn Parish Enterprise - News American October 22, 2003
Date: 01 May 2004
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Woolford Keglar Melton

Onward - W.K. Melton died Sunday, Oct. 12, 2003, at River Region West.
He was born May 19, 1912 at Packton; the son of Ben Elbert Melton and
Voila E. Howell; the grandson of Elbert M. Melton / Laura Tyson and
Robert F. Howell / Frances Hooper.

After he married Fannie M. Riley of Winn Parish on Nov. 17, 1933, he
moved to Sharkey Co., Miss and lived there until his death. He retired
as the manager of Realty Plantation at Rolling Fork.

He was a Mason, a member of Deer Creek Lodge No. 356 Scottish Rite, a 
Free Mason, a Shriner and the Order of the Eastern Star. He was a member
of the Cary Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Shirley McFate; a brother, 
Lindley M. Melton; and two sisters, Charlotte C. McFarland and Mary T.
Thompson.

He is survived by his wife, Fannie Riley Melton of Onward; one son,
Denon Melton of Onward; one daughter, Diane Clements of Ridgeland;
three sisters, Nancy Sledge of Metairie, La., Fannie Coleman of Olla,
La., and Bobby Jean Tullos of Winnfield; a brother, Phillip Melton of
Salem, S.D.; and three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, October 14, 2003 at Cary Baptist 
Church with the Revs. Reese Kyzar and Carl Barnes officiating. Burial 
with Masonic Rites followed at Cary Cemetery.

Added by Submitter: (Edited from the Vicksburg Miss. Post of 10/13/2003
by Grady L McFarland and re-printed in Winn Parish Enterprise.)