Rochelle "Granny" Melton

Rochelle was born July 18, 1920 in Georgia to Jack and Nancy Carter. She married Wilber B. Melton, May 12, 1938 in Brantley County Ga.

Granny loved to work in the garden and she loved to watch grand-ole-opry and listen to country music. Also granny loved to cook and on Sunday she cooked a great big meal for whoever liked to come over to eat. She also loves to watch church on Sunday and loved to listen to the gospel of our Lord and Savior. She would sing along with the church choir and her favorite song was Amazing Grace “Oh how sweet it is,” she’d say. Granny loved the lord and would talk about him and how great He is. Granny loved to point her finger and tell you what she thought and give you the advice that you needed, she was stern and straight to the point. She would get on to you when it was need, but she always provided a loving feeling afterwards to let you know she loved you. Granny’s achievements were raising her children and also helping in the process of raising her grandkids.

Granny always talked about her hard times as a youth, during her days with her sister May working on the farm back in GA. She would take care of the animals and she talked about picking tobacco all day, along with a group of people out in the fields in GA. She often talked about how they (cut up) cutting up as she called it and how they turned a day of working in the fields into a day of laughing and enjoyment but at the same time they got the work completed.

When Granny was young on Sundays, everyone would attend church and after the services the congregation would eat fried chicken and sides. Then after eating everyone would play baseball, Granny loved to play baseball.

Fishing (OMG), going fishing I can remember my Grandpa saying on the way to San Luis Pass one day we will be buried right there at Forest Park East, and the same comment on the way back home from Galveston. Granny would point her finger like she did at Grandpa and say Wilber why don’t you hush up and we would laugh. One fishing trip, granny loved talking about and I’m sure a few of us have heard it before and more than once. She would tell us of a fish she caught when her and grandpa were wade fishing on the back side of the island at San Luis Pass and she had hooked a large red fish and fought that fish for a good 30 to 40 mins and she asked Grandpa to help her with it and he acted like he could not hear her. She final caught the big red fish and grandpa was a little jealous that fishing trip because he did not catch the big one. To hear her tell that story and how big her eyes would get and how big the smile on her face would get and the enthusiasm in her voice during the story and especially at the end of the story( here goes that finger pointing again), “I got that fish in and did all by myself!” Truth be known I think Grandpa might have helped a little, but I could be wrong. The same tell was told and it never changed, so he might not have helped. So many fish stories, trips and getting back home to eat fried fish, potatoes and hush puppies, she would cook. We will always remember those times the most.

Also what I will miss the most is her biscuits that she made. They were the best biscuits I will ever have. She stopped making them some time ago but every once and a while if you ask and she was feeling good you could get her to make some. I will never forget them biscuits . . . or the neck bone and rice. Had to bring that up too.

There was times we would sit in her house and watched TV on Saturday nights with one of my brothers in the later years, which were great times also. We would get her going and get her laughing and that’s what I like to call CUTTING UP. They were all great times and we will always remember and cherish those days with Granny and Grandpa. Also what I will miss the most is of course her and her ways and how she get on to me, but them biscuits that she made was the best I will ever have, she stop making some time ago but every once and while if you ask and she was feeling good you can get her to make some, Ill will never forget them biscuits or the neck bone and rice had to bring that up to.

She is survived by her son: Cecil Melton, grandchildren: Michelle Gest, Brian Melton, Thomas Lloyd, Ronald Lloyd, James Lloyd, Mark Lloyd, Anna M. Lloyd, Scooter Santos, Robert Halipain, William Halipain Mary Ann Duprie , Jennifer Duprie, William Shore, Reid Haughenberry, great-grandchildren: Christina Lloyd, Susan May Lynn Freeman, Ronald Lloyd Jr, Kathryn Renee Lloyd, Kyle Lewis Gest, Landon Gest, Annalise Gest, great-great-grandchildren: Christina Lopez, Destiny Lopez, Isaiah Lloyd, Ambry Lloyd, Mckayla Santos, Jazzy Santos, DD Santos AJ, Duprie, Emily Duprie, Mckayla Duprie, Gavin Duprie, Blake Duprie, James Duprie , Hailey Duprie, David Freeman Perez, John Haughenberry, Hailey Haughenberry,

Predeceased by spouse: Wilber Melton, Sister: Aunt Luna May Conner, children: Jerell Lloyd and Bobby Ann Duprie daughters, grandchildren: Kenny Lloyd, great-grandchildren : Mark Lancer Lloyd Jr and Emily Grace Lloyd.

Visitation will be Wednesday, March 27, 2013 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at Forest Park East Funeral Home. Funeral servies will be held on Thursday March 28, 2013 at 12:30pm.