CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - 
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David V. Melton

David Vance Melton, 76, 1002 DeJarnette Street, Elizabethton, died 
Monday, April 19, 2004, at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center.
Mr. Melton was a native of Asheville, N.C., and a son of the late 
Lewis and Grace McKinney Melton. He was also preceded in death by a 
brother, Ronnie Melton.

Mr. Melton had lived a number of years in Elizabethton. He owned and 
operated the Elizabethton Dental Laboratory since 1950 and was a member 
of Roan Street Church of God.

Mr. Melton served as a Carter County Commissioner for six years. In 1996, 
he served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. He was a 
chief judge for the Upper East Tennessee Golden Glove Boxing Association 
and was founder and president of the Elizabethton Optimist Club. He was 
a member of the Elizabethton Elks Lodge and the Captain Lynn H. Folsom VFW 
Post #2166.

Mr. Melton was a Tennessee Colonel. He served in the United States Army 
during World War II.

Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Brenda and Stephen Keene, 
Elizabethton, and Lisa Kay and William E. Stanbery, Dandridge; two sons 
and a daughter-in-law, Steve Melton and Mike and Barbara Melton, all of 
Elizabethton; four sisters, Lucy Anders, High Point, N.C., Jurelle Smith, 
Elizabethton, Ella Mae Sluder, Weaverville, N.C., and LaVerne Todd, Claxton, 
Ga.; two brothers, Powell Melton, Elizabethton, and the Rev. Carroll Melton, 
Black Mountain, N.C.; four grandsons, Marcus W. Keene, Christopher E. 
Stanbery, Vance Melton and Dan Melton; and a great-granddaughter, Haley 
Morgan Keene. Several nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 21, at 
Memorial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Earl Golden and the Rev. C. Lewis 
Melton officiating. Music will be provided by Butch Edmondson and Jerry 
Barnett. Graveside services and interment will be held at 11 a.m. 
Thursday, April 22, at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers 
will be nephews. Honorary pallbearers will be all his many friends. The 
family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral 
home. Friends may also call at his residence. Family and friends will 
assemble at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. Thursday to go to the cemetery. 
Condolences may be e-mailed to the Melton family at mfc@chartertn.net. 
Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. 

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