Melba Jo Poston

Sunday, July 02, 2006 MRS. MELBA JO POSTON, AGE 75, OF 198 THELMA RD., CALHOUN, DIED SATURDAY JULY 1ST. AT 9:40 A.M. IN FLOYD MEDICAL CENTER SURROUNDED BY HER CHILDREN AND HUSBAND. MELBA WAS BORN ON AUGUST 31ST 1930 IN GORDON COUNTY DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JOSEPH JEFFERSON BROWN AND MAGGIE ROBBINS BROWN. SHE WAS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF GORDON COUNTY, WAS A MEMBER OF THE BELMONT BAPTIST CHURCH AND HAD KEPT KIDS AT BELMONT CHURCH FOR 31 YEARS.SHE RETIRED FROM FAFNIR BEARING CO . WHERE SHE WAS AN OFFICE ASSISTANT. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A SON ; TIMOTHY POSTON , BROTHERS; CARL “BUDDY” BROWN AND OTIS BROWN AND SISTER; VELMA CHASTAIN. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER HUSBAND LEWIS POSTON OF CALHOUN, ONE DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW; JANE AND JERRY EDWARDS OF CALHOUN, ONE SON; REED DAVIS OF CARROLLTON, GA. ,ONE BROTHER; J.M. BROWN OF RESACA, THREE SISTERS; ILA MOSS AND FAYE OVERTON OF CALHOUN AND EMILY WHALEY OF DALTON. FIVE GRANDCHILDREN; CISSE ROBERTSON, DAVID AND SHANDA DAVIS, HOLLY AND CHRIS HASTY, TIFFANY AND SHANE WATSON AND TIM EDWARDS, SEVEN GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; KATEE, JESSICA, ETHAN, EVAN, TAYLOR, LUKE AND LAUREN. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 1:00 P.M. MONDAY JULY 3RD. FROM THE BELMONT BAPTIST CHURCH WITH DR. JOHN ALLEN AND REV. JEFF HAWKINS OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW IN THE GORDON MEMORIAL GARDENS. PALLBEARERS SERVING INCLUDE DR. TOM BLEDSOE, DR. MURRAY LUMPKIN,SR., DAVID DAVIS, TIM EDWARDS, DALE BROWN, AND RONNIE WHALEY AND THEY ARE ASKED TO MEET AT THE BELMONT BAPTIST CHURCH AT 11:45 A.M. MONDAY. HONORARY PALLBEARERS WILL BE THE REAPERS SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS, BELMONT QUILTERS, NANCY STEPP, FAYE ALLEN, JUDY REEVES, AND JANET COLEMAN AND THEY ARE ASKED TO MEET AT THE CHURCH AT 12:45 ON MONDAY. JIM SELLERS WILL HAVE CHARGE OF THE MUSIC. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS AT THE THOMAS FUNERAL HOME FROM 5:00 P.M. UNTIL 9:00 P.M. TODAY (SUNDAY). THOMAS FUNERAL HOME HAS CHARGE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR MRS. MELBA JO POSTON OF CALHOUN.