Mae Melton

Mrs. Lillie Mae Melton, age 95, of Fulton died Monday, June 26, 2017, at Diversicare of Fulton.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Hornbeak Funeral Chapel in Fulton, with burial to follow in Greenlea Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. today.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude, P.O. Box 1000, Dept 142, Memphis, TN 38101-9908; Fulton Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1159 Parker Road, South Fulton, TN 38257; or American Cancer Society, 302 Carr Street, Fulton, KY 42041.
She was born in Graves County, Ky., graduated from Pilot Oak High School and worked at the former Henry I. Siegel and Ferry Morse Seed Company, where she worked in the office and retired in 1977.
She was a member of Fulton Cumberland Presbyterian Church in South Fulton, where she was very active; and a member of the Fulton County Homemakers.
Mae and Otis loved to travel and had visited 47 states, Canada and Mexico. Mrs. Melton was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and loved everyone. She lived in this area all of her life.
She is survived by her husband of 73 years, Otis E. Melton of Fulton, whom she married May 28, 1944, while Otis was stationed in Moultrie, Ga., with U.S. Army Air Force; two daughters, Andrea (Duane) Sikes of Bandera, Texas, and Connie (Mike) McNeely of Fulton; a grandson, Johnny (Morgan) Jamison of South Fulton; a great-grandchild, Macy Jamison of South Fulton; a sister, Katherine (Larry) Henderson of South Fulton; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents, James A. “Jim” and Nancy Alma Yates Martin; two brothers and a son-in-law, Larry Jamison.
Published 6.28.17