Robert Maurice Melton, Sr

1914 - 1969  (54 years)

• Name	Robert Maurice Melton  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	12 Jul 1914	Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1940	Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA   [2]
  Death	7 Jul 1969	Washington, District of Columbia, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I61828	Rountree Family
  Last Modified	17 May 2026

  
  

  Family 1	Nelle Lunsford,   b. 6 Aug 1912, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA d. 21 Jun 1961, Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, USA (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	17 Nov 1932	Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
  Divorce	1946	Hyattsville, Prince George's, Maryland, USA
  Children	> 1. Living
  Family ID	F38828	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Butts,   b. Abt 1915
  Marriage	Aft 1946
  Family ID	F38829	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2026

  
  

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  Birth - 12 Jul 1914 - Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA Marriage - 17 Nov 1932 - Greenville County, South Carolina, USA Residence - 1940 - Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA Divorce - 1946 - Hyattsville, Prince George's, Maryland, USA Death - 7 Jul 1969 - Washington, District of Columbia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S4559] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), Asheville Citizen-Times; Publication Date: 8 Sep 1969; Publication Place: Asheville, North Carolina, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/196301727/?article=e4413b24-c444-4750-a09a-5fdda782843a&focus=0.14591858,0.09630873,0.26257214,0.2962526&xid=3355. Record for Robert M. Melton https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61843&h=535270907&indiv=try [S3770] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina; Roll: m-t0627-02878; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 11-55. Record for Robert Milton https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2442&h=152395833&indiv=try [S3375] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Birth Indexes, 1800-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;). Record for Robert Morris Melton Jr https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8783&h=2325299&indiv=try