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Submitted: 12/15/18 • Approved: 12/15/18 • Last Updated: 12/18/18 • R1247597-G1247597-S3
21 Jul 1915 - 04 Jan 2014 obituary
Marriage: 05 May 1938 Dowdy, Independence County, Arkansas*
Ella N (Mobley) Melton the wife of Marvin "Doc" Melton. Ella N (Mobley) Melton daughter of Theodore Isaac Mobley and Edna Nova (Hatler) Mobley.
Ella Mobley Melton
July 21, 1915 - January 4, 2014
Ella Mobley Melton, 98, of Cord, Arkansas died Saturday, January 4, 2014 at White River Medical Center in Batesville.
She was born July 21, 1915 in Cord the daughter of Theodore Issac Mobley and Edna Hatler Mobley.
She loved her special kitty cat, "Princess Dianna", watching sports and reading her Bible. She was a member of the Independence County Home Demonstration Club and a member of Oakridge United Methodist Church in Cord.
Survivors include a daughter Kathy Gail Hickerson of Cord; two sisters, Melba Clouse and Lawanda Berry, both of Batesville; many nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Marvin Melton; brother, Leburn Mobley; and sister, Virginia Melton.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, January 10, 2014 at the Cord Baptist Church.
Burial will be at Hopewell Cemetery in Cord by Roller-Crouch Funeral Home of Batesville.
Pallbearers will be Von Clouse, Jimmy Brewer, Eric Nast, John Conner, Jr. Keith Gardner, Tony Smith, Royce Bradley, and Randy Bradley.
Honorary pallbearers are Dr. Robert Walton, Bufford Maddox, Robert Simmons, Bill Melton, Gene Melton, J. T. Godwin, and Maurice Bradley.
Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 p.m., Thursday, January 9, 2014 at the funeral home.
Obituary provided courtesy of Roller-Crouch Funeral Home Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas published Jan 2014.
*Marriage Record
Name Marvin Melton
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 05 May 1938
Event Place, Independence, Arkansas, United States
Registration Place, Independence County, Arkansas
Residence Place Dowdy, Independence, Arkansas
Gender Male
Age 22
Birth Year (Estimated) 1916
Spouse's Name: Ella Mabley
Spouse's Residence Place: Dowdy, Independence, Arkansas
Spouse's Residence City Dowdy
Spouse's Residence County: Independence
Spouse's Residence StateArkansas
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 22
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1916
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Citing this Record
"Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMP8-BMD : 4 November 2017), Marvin Melton and Ella Mabley, 05 May 1938; citing , Independence, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 2,209,906.
Contributed on 12/15/18 by denise.bratcher63
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