The Greenwood Commonwealth
Greenwood, MS
Jul 26, 2000

VAIDEN - Services for Charles E. Melton, 89, of Vaiden, who died of kidney failure Monday, July, 24, 2000, at Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital in Kosciusko, were to be at 2 p.m. today at Oliver Funeral Home in Winona.

Mr. Melton was a retired employee of the Mississippi Forestry Commission. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of Midway United Methodist Church in Vaiden.

His wife, Lorene Noah Melton, preceded him in death.

He is survived by a daughter, Mary Melton Leach of Vaiden and two grandchildren.

The Rev. Jimmy Latham was to have officiated at the services. Burial was to be in Old Salem Cemetery near Vaiden.

Pallbearers were to be Ben Cauthen, Terry Cauthen, Dale Lee, Ralph Self, Charles Ellis and Greg Kelly.