Fran Melton

46 year old Fran Melton of Smithville died Saturday at DeKalb Community Hospital. She was a Baptist and worked as a home health nurse. The funeral will be Monday at 1:00 p.m. at Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Jefferson Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday from 2:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and Monday from 8:00 a.m. until the service at 1:00 p.m. She was preceded in death by her father, James Doyle Melton, and Grandparents, Ruth and Richard Melton. She is survived by a daughter, Christy Brewington and Andre Wakefield, of Smithville; three grandchildren, John Ogden Melton, Ty Wakefield, and Nate Wakefield, all of Smithville; parents of the heart, Helen and B. L. Raymond of Smithville; siblings, Anita Kay and Donald Byrge of Smithville, Doyle and Angie Melton of Sparta, Tommy Melton of Murfreesboro, Gena and Craig Vaughn of Smithville, and Kirk and Kathy Martin of Smithville. Stepmother, Mainell and Carlton Melton of Smithville. Several nieces, nephews, friends and relatives survive. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, to help with burial expenses.