The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, October 15, 1995               TAG: 9510150002
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   23 lines

THOMAS R. MELTON

Thomas Riley Melton, age 33, died Thursday, Oct. 12, 1995, at Portsmouth General Hospital. Mr. Melton was a native of Portsmouth.

Mr. Melton was a farmer.

He is survived by his mother, Nadine Edwards Melton of Windsor, Va.; three sisters, Peggy Melton of Windsor, Va., Shirley Melton and Sarah Brinson, both of Suffolk; three brothers, Troy, Bruce and Alan Melton, all of Windsor.

A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17, 1995, in Morning Star Baptist Church by the Rev. H.E. Diggs. The remains will lie in state from 12:30 p.m. until the time of service. Burial is in Tyler Cemetery-Windsor. The family will be at 22463 Courthouse Highway, Windsor.

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