Danny Joe Melton

Dateline: Gleason, TN Funeral services for Danny Joe Melton are Friday, October 10, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. at Brummitt McKenzie Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on Thursday, October 9, 2025. 3:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. and on Friday 10:00 a.m. until service time. Interment will follow at Mt Olivet Cemetery, McKenzie.
Mr. Melton, 73 years old, died Tuesday, October 7, 2025, at Tri Star Skyline Medical Center, Nashville. Mr. Melton, founder of M & M Race Cars and competition engines, was a true pioneer whose immense talent and passion for the sport helped shape the drag racing landscape in West Tennessee and beyond. The land that is now Gleason Raceway Park was once his and it was his vision and generosity that helped create a home for countless racers and fans. Beyond the track his craftsmanship was second to none. As a builder of top of the line drag cars and engines, his work was sought after by racers across the country. Danny was a member of Gleason Raceway Park Hall of Fame, Baptist in faith and member of Racers for Christ. He was born in McKenzie on August 14, 1952, to the late William Earl Melton and Madeline McFadden Barker.
He is survived by his sons Justin Joe Melton and Jantzen Melton both of Gleason, a sister Tracy (Rick) Legens and brother Robert Earl Melton all of McKenzie, and three grandchildren Taylore(Kyle) Crawford, Tanner Melton, and Brantzen Melton.