Lee E. D. Melton

Lee Anne Edwards Doughty Melton 37, of Hopewell, lost her battle with cancer but won her victory with her Lord on Saturday April 30, 2005 surrounded by her loved ones. Lee Anne was a native of Hopewell but spent seven years on the West Coast in Los Angeles, California, returning to Va., where she served as the Assistant to the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and was also a sales representative for the Butterworth Furniture Company. She was an active member of The New Covenant Church of the Brethren and especially loved The Teakettles Bible Study. She leaves to cherish her memory her loving husband Lawrence Lee Melton, two daughters Sarah O. Riggen, Zoey R. Doughty, mother Carolyn J. Shell and stepfather Claude Shell of Dinwiddie, her father Donald W. Edwards of Norfolk, three sisters: Holly E. Newton & son Wade Bailey, Ruth E. Hobman husband Jeff and daughter Adrienna Edwards, Rebecca Brooke Shell all of Hopewell, special sisters Cindy & Sheri. Others, who will treasure her memory, love Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, and dear friends; her beloved church family at New Covenant Church of the Brethren and very special Hospice care givers. The family will receive friends Monday May 2, 2005 at the Hopewell Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home & Cremation Service from 7:00-8:30 PM. A funeral service will be conducted Tuesday May 3, 2005 11:00 AM in the funeral home chapel with Pastor James McKinnell officiating. Interment will follow in Bermuda Memorial Park. Flowers are welcome; however contributions may be made to Crater Community Hospice, 840 W. Roslyn Rd. Suite E. Colonial Heights 23834 & the New Covenant Church of the Brethren Building Fund, 1611 Point of Rocks Road, Chester, Virginia 23836. Condolences mat be registered at www.jtmorriss.com