Jesse Clint Melton^[1]

1919 - 2011  (91 years)

• Name	Jesse Clint Melton
  Born	9 Apr 1919
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Mar 2011	Wellington Place Assisted Living, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee   [2]
  Buried	11 Mar 2011	New Canaan Cemetery, Morgan County, Alabama   [3]
  Person ID	I31088	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	John Melton
  Mother	Gertrude Richards
  Family ID	F138867	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Ollie Lea Owenby,   b. 25 Jul 1919,   d. 3 Sep 2006  (Age 87 years)
  Married	5 Jul 1941
  Children	+ 1. Jesse Clint Melton, Jr.,   b. 11 Nov 1942  (Age 81 years)   2. Beverly Kay Melton,   b. 9 Oct 1947  (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F11458	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 77.

  
  

• Sources

  [S74] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume IV, 1987-1999, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 6 May 1997. Maurice Pinkney Ownby obituary [S142] Newspaper Article, The Arab Tribune (AL), 16 Mar 2011. Jesse Clint "J.C." Melton Sr., 91, of Sevierville, Tenn., and formerly of the Union Hill community of Morgan County, died Monday, March 7, 2011, in Wellington Place Assisted Living in Sevierville. Mr. Melton was born April 9, 1919, in Bluff City, Tenn., to John and Gertrude Richards Melton. He was married to the former Ollie Lea Ownby (Melton) who preceded him in death September 3, 2006. He was a retired paint inspector for Redstone Arsenal, had lived in the Sevierville area for the past four years and attended New Canaan Baptist Church. He is survived by a son and daughter-in-law: Jesse C. "Clint" and Teresa Melton of Wears Valley, Tenn.; daughter and son-in-law: Beverly and Phil Grames of Lacey's Spring; two grandchildren and in-laws: Leigh Anne and Chris Davis and Michael C. and Amber Melton; and four great-grandchildren: Tyler Davis, Andrew Davis, Emma James and Parker Melton. The graveside service was at 4 p.m. Friday, March 11, 2011, at New Canaan Cemetery in Union Hill with Shane Wheeler officiating and Brindlee Mountain Chapel and Arab Heritage Memorial Chapel directing. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 66997387).