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Lewis Stanley Melton

1944 - 2022

BORN

1944

DIED

2022

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Greenville, North Carolina

Lewis Melton Obituary

Lewis Stanley Melton Greenville - Major Lewis Stanley Melton passed away peacefully on the evening of October 29, 2022. Stanley was born in Pitt County, Greenville, NC, on June 3, 1944. A 1962 graduate of Rose High School, he attended The Salvation Army School for Officer Training in Atlanta, where he met his wife, Cadet Carlene June Cox of West Virginia. In 1964, the Heroes of Faith session commissioned them both as Lieutenants, and they were soon married in Atlanta, GA. They served as Officers in The Salvation Army together, raising three children. Majors Stan and Carlene Melton retired to Greenville in 2004 after 40 years of faithful service.

Following the passing of Carlene in 2006, Stanley married and served in The Salvation Army post-retirement with Sgt. Becky Melton in West Virginia, Turks & Caicos, Kentucky, and North Carolina. Stanley and Becky made their home in Greenville and Myrtle Beach, SC.

A private family ceremony will be held later in Myrtle Beach, SC. In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made to The Salvation Army in Conway, SC.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Daily Reflector from Nov. 5 to Nov. 12, 2022.

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