Obituaries: Laura Tyson Melton, 1935, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: August 29, 1935 Winn Parish Enterprise

Funeral Services For Mrs. Laura Melton Thursday

Dies At Vicksburg, Miss., Following Car Wreck Sunday

Funeral services for Mrs. Laura Melton, nee Tyson, 79, who died in a 
Vicksburg, Miss., hospital Monday afternoon as a result of injuries received
in a car wreck Sunday, were held at the Tyson Cemetery near Packton Thursday
afternoon.

Mrs. Melson, who is a resident of near Packton, 12 miles south of here, was
accompanying her daughter, Mrs. Irby Shopin to her home near Ironwood, Miss.,
when a car said to be occupied by negroes collided with the Shopin car near
Vicksburg.  Mrs. Melton was thrown from the car and fatally injured.  Mrs.
Mollie Stephens, her daughter, left immediately upon receipt of news of her
mother's death, for Vicksburg.

Mrs. Melton was at one time a large property owner in this parish.  She was
the widow of the late Mack Melton.

Surviving are the following: Mrs. Mollie Stephens, Bud and Walker Melton of
Packton; Mrs. Kate Gilmore of Alpine, Texas, and Mrs. Irby Shopin of Ironwood,
Miss., one brother, Barney Tyson of Verda and one sister, Mrs. Nora Paige of
Montgomery.