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Melvin L. Hampton - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Tallulah Madison Journal, April 6, 1962

Former Resident Dies Recently In Natchez, Miss.

Funeral services for Melvin L. Hampton who died suddenly in a Natchez, Miss., hospital recently were 
held in Natchez. He was born at Chase, Louisiana in Franklin Parish. He died on March 25 at 1:30 a. m.

He was an electrician, employed by the Armstrong Tire and Rubber Company, a member of the Jackson Local 
IBEW, a member of Harmony Lodge No. 1, F & A M., all Masonic bodies, the Natchez Shrine Club, the Wahabi 
Temple, a devoted member of the Moose Lodge and a veteran of World War II.

He graduated from Tallulah High School on May 9, 1944.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Pauline N. Hampton, two children, Kenneth and Marvin Hampton, all of 
Natchez, Miss. ; his mother, Mrs. C. W. Revelle of Tallulah; his father, Morris L. Hampton, Mesa, Ariz.; 
two sisters, Mrs. R. D. Young and Mrs. K. E. Palmby, both of Monroe ; and a number of nieces and nephews.