Obituary of Ernest Melton, Jr ~ 2010

Contributed by Jeanette Corcoran





Ernest Melton KINSTON - Ernest Melton, Jr. 81, of 489 Mary Beth Road, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, at his home. He retired with 40 years of service with Glen Raven Mills. Ernest was a mem-ber of Glen Raven Baptist Church where he had served as a deacon, and he was a member of Hood Farm Hunting Club and Wyse Fork/Southwood Hunting Club. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Margaret Melton Tucker. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010, from the chapel of Garner Funeral Home with Pastor Paul Womack officiating. Inter-ment will follow in Westview Cemetery. Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Irene Padgett Melton of the home; his daughter, Paulette M. Carlyle of the home; his son, Jimmy Melton and wife, Angela of Seven Springs; his sister, Annette Ward of Kinston; a son-in-law, Lynwood Tucker of Kinston; eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Saturday evening at the funeral home and other times at his home. Sign the guestbook at Kinston.com. (Paid obituary) Published in Free Press from February 5 to February 9, 2010

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