Obituaries: Woodrow Wilson Melton, 1971, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: August 12, 1971 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

W. W. Melton, 59, Succumbs; Rites Held Saturday

Woodrow Wilson Melton, 59, of Winnfield, was dead on arrival at 2 p.m.
Thursday, August 5, 1971, at Winnfield General Hospital after an apparent
heart attack.

A Winn Parish native, he was an electrician, member of the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers for the past 29 years, and of the Zion
Baptist Church.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Melton Tabernacle near here
with the Rev. William L. Smith officiating.

Burial was in Melton Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Nella L. Melton of Winnfield; a son, Shelby
Melton of Pima, Ariz.; one daughter, Mrs. Francis May of Monticello, Ark.; his
mother, Mrs. Iva Melton of Winnfield; a brother, William J. Melton of
Beeville, Tex.; two sisters, Mrs. Louise Harkins and Mrs. Maxine Hale, both
of Winnfield; and four ???????

Pallbearers were Robert Howell, Basil Williams, Grady Lee McFarland, Barrett
Warren, Johnny Jones, and Lynn Melton.