Joseph Collins Melton, Sr.
Date of birth: 08 Sep 1922
Date of death: 07 Oct 1980
Burial Information
Section 02 (Click Here for Section Map)Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 144A-01
Status: Occupied
Veteran Information
Branch: US ArmyRank: Staff SGT
War/Campaign: WORLD WAR II - Pacific Theater
Military Notes: S/Sgt. Joseph Collins Melton writes his mother, Mrs. J. C. Melton from Saipan that he hopes to eat Christmas dinner at home. Sgt. Melton has been in the service 35 months, and in the Pacific war theater 31 months, and has not had a furlough home.
Source: The Lexington Advertiser, vol. 108, no. 25, October 11, 1945, pp. 7
Notes
Obituary
Collins Melton, Vaiden bank official, succumbs to long illness
Joseph Collins Melton, 58, the retired manager and vice president of the Vaiden Bank, died Tuesday at Doctors Hospital in Jackson.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the Oliver Funeral Home chapel in Winona. Burial was in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Lexington. Rev. Randol Lindsey officiated.
Mr. Melton is survived by his wife, Mrs. Katherine Weis Melton; two daughters, Miss Camille Melton of Vaiden and Mrs. Terraseta Hodges of Drew; a son, Joseph C. Melton, Jr. of Vaiden; and a brother, Ray S. Melton of Cabot, Arkansas; also, three grandchildren.
Mr. Melton was a veteran of World War II. He was a member and active worker in the Vaiden Baptist Church, a Mason, and a member of the Vaiden Lion's Club. Mr. Melton was instrumental in the organization of the Carroll-Montgomery industrial organization which laid the foundation for the location of Anel Engineering Industries in Carroll County.
Mr. Melton managed the Vaiden Bank for thirty-four years.
Pallbearers were Bob Williams, B. B. Sanders, Charles Ellis, Robbie Rucker, Larry Horn, Ralph Self, Billy Bufkin and Vernon Welch.
The Winona Times
October 9, 1980
Family Members
Parents
Jesse Collins Melton
1891–1964
Siblings
Ray Stevens Melton
1925–1991
Spouse
Katherine Weis Melton
1924–2022
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