James P. Mellis Jr.

HIGH POINT — J.P. Mellis, 55, of Boone, NC, died early Wednesday May 4th at Watauga Medical Center. He was born in High Point to Jim and June Mellis on June 27, 1955.

J.P. served as a missionary with the Christian and Missionary Alliance from 1986-1994 in Bangkok, Thailand. For the past five years, he worked with Samaritan's Purse, a Christian international relief organization. He had the opportunity to travel extensively throughout Southeast Asia and helped to establish a spiritual care team who counsel and support Samaritan's Purse staff around the world.

The family will receive friends Friday, May 6th from 6 until 8:00 p.m .at Hanes Lineberry Funeral Home Sedgefield Chapel at 6000 High Point Road in Greensboro. Memorial services to celebrate his life will be held at Westside Chapel at 5000 W. Friendly Avenue in Greensboro on Saturday, May 7th at 2 p.m. and at Samaritan's Purse 801 Bamboo Road in Boone on Monday, May 9th at 8 a.m.

J. P.'s father and mother, Jim and June Mellis, his younger sister, Patty Mellis Kline, and his wife, Cathy Carter Mellis, preceded him in death. He is survived by a sister, Joyce Greene, of High Point and his two daughters, Sharon Mellis who lives in Greensboro, NC, and Marilyn Mellis Case, who lives in Knoxville, TN. He has three grandchildren - Kathlyn, Carter and Patricia - and six nephews/nieces - Bobby, Millie, Bill, Geoff, Jonathan, and Janean - whom he loved very much.

In lieu of flowers, the Mellis family asks you to contribute to the Patty Mellis Kline/Cathy Carter Mellis Scholarship Fund at Nyack College, 1 South Boulevard, Nyack, New York 10960; ATTN: Dona Schepens.

Online condolences can be made at www.haneslineberryfuneralhomes.com