Obituary of Jean Pat Melton

Services for Jean Pat Melton, 90, New Chapel Hill, are scheduled for 10:00 am, Wednesday, March 9, at the Cottle Funeral Home chapel with the Reverend Doctor Mike Daniels officiating. Burial will be in the Union Grove Cemetery, near Troup. Mrs. Melton died Sunday, March 6, 2011, at her residence. She was born July 12, 1920, in Troup to the late Dan Thomas Chiles and Treva Rae Blair Chiles. She married Vernon E. Melton, July 15, 1938, in Shreveport. He preceded her in death March 4, 2002, following 64 years of marriage. She was a graduate of Troup High School and a lifetime resident of East Texas. Mrs. Melton was a homemaker and a devoted mother. She loved to read, garden and sew. She was a Baptist. Survivors include two sons and a daughter-in-law, Charles Wayne and Elizabeth Melton and Lynn R. Melton, all of New Chapel Hill; a daughter, Maurica Hullett, New Chapel Hill; four grandchildren, James Eldon Hancock, Louisiana, Wilton Lee Hancock, Charles Hullett and Eddy Wayne Melton all of New Chapel Hill; 13 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Charles Edward Hullett, Wilton Lee Hancock, James Eldon Hancock, Eddy Wayne Melton, Andrew Simpson and Drew Hill. The Family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm, Tuesday, March 8.