Mary Ellen Melton, 88

A retired employee of Ford Motor Company and a member of the Assembly of God, she was the daughter of the late Franklin and Josie Smith Ritchey. She was married to Glenn William Melton who preceded her in death in 1967. She is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law, Cornelia and Charles Cannon, Geneva and Eugene Szymaniak and Shari and Larry Martin; son and daughter-in-law, Harold and Karen Melton; 11 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren; two sisters and brother-in-law, Rose and Zettie Page and Magil Lawrence and brother, Aris Ritchey.

Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in High’s Chapel with Jim Short officiating. Burial will follow at Blues Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. until time of service Saturday at High’s.

High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.