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Ruth Lanise Melton 1932–1967 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 Dec 1932

Birth Location: Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

Death Date: 22 Aug 1967

Death Location: Ashland Cemetery, Cascilla, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

Father: James Melton

Mother: Etol Melton

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Ruth Lanise Melton was born in 1932 in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, the child of James Henry Robert Jim Melton And Etol Melton. Ruth Lanise Melton passed away in 1967 in Ashland Cemetery, Cascilla, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.

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Biography

  • Ruth Lanise Melton was born in 1932 in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, the child of James Henry Robert Jim Melton And Etol Melton.
  • Ruth Lanise Melton passed away in 1967 in Ashland Cemetery, Cascilla, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.

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Ruth Melton's Ancestors

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Ruth Melton
1932–1967
Birth Place: Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Parents
James Henry Robert "Jim" Melton
1905–1986
Yalobusha
Etol Melton
1907–1975
Yalobusha County, Mississippi
Grandparents
John (Baker) Melton
1874–1950
Yalobusha County, Mississippi
Ebb (H) Melton
1880–1983
Mississippi
James (Michael "Mike") Winter
1871–1952
Yalobusha County, Mississippi
Sarah (Jane (Sallie)) Franklin
1872–1910
Yalobusha County, Mississippi
Great-Grandparents
Henderson Melton
1853–1945
Mildred Melton
1858–1958
James Melton
1846–1919
Mary Clark
1842–1915
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Phillip Melton
1806–
Jane Buseby
1815–
A Mccammon
1823–1875
Saphronia Clyburn
1822–1898
Jesse Melton
1827–1860
Priscilla Brown
1825–1913
James Clark
1812–1868
Sarah Clark
1824–

Ruth Melton's Timeline

2 Records

1932
14 Dec 1932
Birth of Ruth Lanise Melton in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
1967
22 Aug 1967
Age 35
Death of Ruth Lanise Melton in Ashland Cemetery, Cascilla, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Ashland Cemetery, Cascilla, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 Dec 1932
    Event Place: Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Aug 1967
    Event Place: Ashland Cemetery, Cascilla, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

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