Jennie Melton

October 19, 1930 - March 17, 2021

Graveside services for Jennie Melton, 90, of Lindale will be held on Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. at Cathedral in the Pines Cemetery in Tyler under the direction of Stewart Family Funeral Home. Mrs. Melton passed away Wednesday, March 17, 2021 in Lindale. She was born October 19, 1930 in Converse, Texas, to E. J. Hierholzer and Agnes Stapper Hierholzer. Jennie was a member of Harvest Time Church in Tyler, Texas. She graduated from New London High School. She was a housewife all of her life and excelled in that capacity. Jennie was preceded in death by her parents and all of her siblings, as well as her beloved husband, Mack Melton, and her eldest son, Gary Melton. She is survived by her son, Steve Melton and wife, Sue Melton; her daughter, Treva Wilcox and husband, Mike Wilcox; her daughter-in-law, Judy Melton Sublette (the widow of Gary); and one sister-in-law, Lola Hierholzer. Honorary pallbearers will be her grandsons, Chris Melton, Michael Melton, Greg Melton and Cody Wilcox. Visitation is scheduled from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 20, 2021 at Stewart Family Funeral Home, 7525 Old Jacksonville Highway, in Tyler. If desired, memorials may be made to Calvary Commission in Lindale, Texas.