LOVED ONE | Elwanda S. Melton
DATES | May 13, 1961 – March 7, 2011
CEMETERY | Hortense, Hortense, Brantley Co. GA
LOCATION IN CEMETERY | Enter to the right of the church and go down to opening in fence. The lot is then 5 rows in under large oak tree.
FUNERAL HOME | Pearson-Dial, 659 Main St., Blackshear, GA 31516 – t: 912 449 6626
Mrs. Elwanda Sloan Melton, 49 of Blackshear, passed away Monday morning (March 7, 2011) at her residence following a sudden illness.
A native and lifelong resident of Pierce County, Mrs. Melton was a homemaker and attended First Baptist Church in Blackshear. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and she loved her dogs.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Wilbert Sloan and Gertrude Rose Griffin Sloan; and a brother, John “Punk” McKee Groover.
Survivors include her husband, Roy Melton of Blackshear; three daughters, Jacki Parker (fiancé Kevin Owens) of Waycross, Erin Mincey (husband Greg) of Blackshear, Scarlet Melton of Waycross; a son, Kenney Parker of Berry, Ala.; four sisters, JoAnn Jones of Blackshear, Teresa Emmons (fiancé Dale Beckham) of Blackshear, Sue Berry (husband George) of Alex City, Ala., Velma Sosa (husband Julio) of Blackshear; two brothers, Lloyd Groover of Alex City, Ala., Jed Sloan (wife Terri) of Mershon; three grandchildren, Ashley Mincey, Greg Mincey Jr., Layla Melton; a special friend, Mary Colleen Clark of Waycross; several nieces, nephews and numerous other relatives.