Melton obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Melton, Betty Jean              28 Mar 2005    Apr 2005    Jerry Nelson
Melton, Frances                  5 Jan 2004    Jan 2004    Don Johnson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  3/28/2005

MELTON, BETTY JEAN 
A resident of Greensburg, she departed this life Thursday, March 24, 2005,
at North Oaks Medical Center, Hammond. She was 64. Visiting at MJR Friendly
Service Funeral Home Inc., La. 1042, Greensburg, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Monday, March 28. Religious service at Darlington Church of God in Christ,
Darlington Road, Darlington, at noon Tuesday, March 29, conducted by Elder
E.J. Higginbotham. Interment in church cemetery. 

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Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on:  1/5/2004

MELTON, FRANCES 
Amite - Frances Melton, 79, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 2003, at North Oaks 
Medical Center, Hammond. She is survived by one son, Bernard Melton of 
Hammond; six daughters, Ferrydean Grice of Slidell, Annie B. Wilson, 
Roena Matthew and Linda Willis, all of Amite, Audry M. Frazier of 
Livermore, Calif., and Lavan Crayton of Garland, Texas; one sister, 
Roena Beasley of Fresno, Calif.; one brother, Edgar Melton of New 
Orleans; 20 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren. She was preceded 
in death by her parents, Joshua and Annie Melton; seven brothers, Bennie, 
Godfrey, John, Ivey, General Fate, Moses and Hollis Melton. Visitation 
will be Tuesday at Gordon Richardson Temple of Deliverance COGIC, Amite, 
from 5 p.m. until Samuel Richardson conducts the funeral at 7. Dismissal 
will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Turner Chapel Cemetery, 
Greensburg. Richardson Funeral Home, Amite, is in charge. 

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