Obituaries: Mamie Gelvin Melton, 1928, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: August 16, 1928 Winn Parish Enterprise

Mrs. Riley Melton of Route Two, Dies Saturday

Mrs. Riley Melton, age 39 years, died at her home, Winnfield, Route 2, last
Saturday, August 11th.  Mrs. Melton, before her marriage twelve years ago to
Mr. Melton, was Miss Mamie Gelvin, of Eden.  She was a true Christian, having
joined the Methodist Church in her early youth and being left an orphan at a
young age, cared for her orphan sisters and brother.  She was a beloved
teacher in LaSalle and Winn Parishes for ten or twelve years before her
marriage to Mr. Melton, June 11, 1916.

Mrs. Melton is survived by her husband; three sons, Bowman, age 11, James
Edward, age 9, Huey, age 5; one baby daughter, Mamie Elizabeth, a few hours
old at the time of her death; three sisters, Mrs. Brasie Crook and Mrs. Dr.
Smith, Zenoria; Mrs. Ab Tingle, Monroe; and one brother, J. F. Gelvin, Trout.
 She was also a cousin of Mr. S. N. Thomas of Winnfield and leaves a host
of relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the First Baptist
Church, Winnfield.  The Rev. Alwin Stokes, Presbyterian minister of Ferriday,
officiated.  Interment was made in the Winnfield Cemetery.

Friends and relatives out of the parish who attended the funeral were Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Gelvin and family, Trout, La.; S. B. Thomas and family, Tullos,
La.; Mr. J. C. Crooks and family, Mrs. Dr. G. P. Smith, Zenoria, La.; Mr. and
Mrs. A. E. Tingle, West Monroe, La.; Walter Cadenhead and family, Haynesville,
La.; J. U. Greer and family, Mittie Eskew, Trout, La.; Wright Melton and
family, Archie, La.; Bill Melton and family, Minden, La.; Thomas Burch, Tyler,
Texas; and a great many others.