Gussie Melton Obituary

MELTON, Gussie Miss Gussie Arrimetta Melton, 95, died recently in Walterboro, S.C. Homegoing Celebration will be held on Thursday, July 17, at 11 a.m. at New Life United Methodist Church, Walterboro with the Reverend James R. Cannion officiating. Miss Melton attended Claflin High School, Claflin College (graduating in 1939) and the Apex Beauty Culture in New York. She was a sixth grade teacher at Oconee County Training School in Seneca, S.C. Ms. Melton opened a business in 1943 in Walterboro, S.C., "Melton Beauty Rest" which was opened for 30 years and closed in 1973. She held two state licenses - South Carolina and New York. She also taught at Colleton High School from 1956 until 1971. The fall of 1972, she began to work at Benedict College as a Dorm Director and retired in 1976. She was actively involved with the National Council for Negro Women, NAACP, Claflin University Alumni Association, AARP, and New Life United Methodist Church. She was inducted into the Claflin University Hall of Fame on December 1, 2000. Ms. Melton was preceded in death by her parents, the late Reverend William Major Melton and the late Fannie Jamerson Melton and all of her siblings: Essie Ware, Dwight Lincoln, Henry William, Alfred Ciccre, Sidney, Beulah, Willie and Wilbert. She leaves to mourn her a host of relatives and friends. Arrangements by HAMILTON FUNERAL HOME, WALTERBORO 843-549-5502. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.