Extracted from The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS)
Monday, January 19, 1987

Melton Dodson

BAY ST. LOUIS -- Melton Dodson, 81, died Jan. 17, 1987, in Hotel Reed Nursing Home. Services are 11 a.m. today at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Forest with burial in Harperville Cemetery.

Mr. Dodson had lived in Bay St. Louis for the past four years. He was a native of the Harperville community in Scott County. He was a member of Harperville Methodist Church.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Katie Dodson of Long Beach; son, Dr. M.L. Dodson of Long Beach; daughters, Mrs. Nell Woodall of Waveland, Mrs. Nett Madden of Forest, Mrs. Dorothy Brousard of New Albany and Mrs. Jackie White of Blairsville, Ga.; sister, Mrs. Fern Reeves of Houston, Texas; 15 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.