Donald E Melton

Donald E. Melton, 67, of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, July 20, 2010 in a local hospital. He was a 1963 graduate of Charleston High School where he was president of F.F.A. He was employed with Olin Chemical for 33 years. He was a member of Charleston Cumberland Presbyterian Church and a past member of Bellefounte Baptist Church. He was also a past president of the Charleston Ruritan Club. He was a committee member of the Keep America Beautiful Business Beautification Award. He was preceded in death by his parents, James Wilburn and Maude Jackson Melton and his first wife, Patricia Brooks Melton. He is survived by his wife of 15 years, Linda Melton of Cleveland; sister, Wanda Dillard and husband, Tim of Cleveland; sisters-in-law, Margaret Manley of Cleveland and Marilyn Logan and husband, Bernard of Wilson, NC; brother-in-law, Norman Wolfgong of Ashburn, VA; aunts, Audie Keener and Pamela Stafford of Chatsworth, GA, Carolyn Bowman of Cisco, GA, Judy Jackson of Varnell, GA and Deborah Ledford and Brenda Green of Tennga, GA; uncle, Virgil Jackson of Newport News, VA; several nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews; and a host of family and friends. Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, July 23, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. in the chapel of Ralph Buckner Funeral Home with the Reverend Bill Bond and the Reverend Sam Melton officiating. Interment will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens with Norman Wolfgong, Bernard Logan, Moe McCormack, Ken Webb, Elmer Chambers and Gary Barham serving as pallbearers. A white dove release ceremony will conclude the service. His family will receive friends on Thursday from 4:00-8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. The family requests that memorials be made to the Ruritan National Foundation, PO Box 743, Dublin, VA 24084; American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312; or the American Heart Association, 519 E. 4th Street, Chattanooga, TN 37403. We invite you to send a message of condolence and view the Melton family guestbook at www.ralphbuckner.com.