NORTH CARROLL COUNTY — Ronald Lawson “RL” Melton, age 72, passed away Thursday, June 22, at his home in North Carroll County.
Memorial services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, June 29, with visitation beginning at 10 a.m. at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Carrollton.
He was born May 12, 1951 in Charleston and attended West Tallahatchie High School. Ron served in the U.S. Army, and he worked the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad. He was a former Greenwood business owner and was a member of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church and a member of the Greenwood Elks Club. Ron was an avid classic car enthusiast and a bigger than life story teller. He never met a stranger.
He is preceded in death by his mother, Maudine McNeer.
He is survived by his wife, Julia Hamlin Melton; children, Lindsey C. Godwin (Chauncey) of Ridgeland, Lawson B. Melton (Carrie) of Cleveland, R. Chase Rippee (Stephanie) of Carrollton, Dawn Redwine of Leland; grandchildren, Rivers, Jude, Lexi, Sam and Allie Godwin, Mary Lofton and Anna Grace Melton and Haylee Davis; and his siblings, Marty Melton and Suzanne Melton Fikes.
Mortimer National Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
