Obituaries: Edward Cleveland Melton, 1954, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From:  December 9, 1954 Winn Parish Enterprise

Ed Melton Dies Thursday A.M. At His Home

Funeral services for Edward Cleveland Melton, 69, who died at his home several
miles south of Winnfield off the Alexandria highway, Thursday at 3:45 a.m.
will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Corinth Baptist Church.  The Rev. Louis
B. Williams will officiate.  Burial will follow in the Winnfield Cemetery
with Masonic services at the grave.

Mr. Melton was a member of a prominent Winn Parish family, being one of the
sons of the late Mr. and Mrs. William D. Melton.  He was a successful stock
raiser and farmer, but had been in ill health a long time.  His wife had
preceded him in death.

He is survived by five brothers, Riley, Wright, and Cranford of Winnfield; Lee
of Lake Charles and Bill Melton of Minden.  He also leaves two sisters, Mrs.
Annie Mae Finch and Mrs. Jewel Keith of Baton Rouge.