Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, in the Oliver Funeral Home Chapel in Winona for Melvin McLemore, 89, of Pensacola, Fla., who entered his eternal rest on Saturday, May 25. Burial followed in Bradford Chapel Cemetery in Webster County. The Rev. Randy Bridges officiated. Visitation was held from 1 p.m. until service time on Wednesday, May 29, at Oliver Funeral Home.
Born on April 22, 1935, Melvin enjoyed watching and going to see Mississippi State play basketball and football. He was a long-time resident of Duck Hill and lived in Pensacola, Fla. He had also lived in Clermont, Fla., with his son, David.
Melvin was the fifth child of his parents, the late Dewey and the late Lela McLemore, who lived in the Scott County and Neshoba County areas. He attended Dixie School until the eighth grade and then graduated from Dixon High School in 1953. His first job was in Pearl at Whitefield State Hospital where he met the love of his life, Elva Nadine Clanton. They wed soon after they met.
Later, the couple moved back to Elva’s hometown in Duck Hill and had two sons, Melvin McLemore Jr., and David McLemore. Melvin worked and retired from Binswanger Mirror Company. He loved the Lord and was a lifelong member of the Fraternal Masons and the Eastern Star. He was a member of Duck Hill Baptist Church and moved to Florida and joined Bellview Baptist Church.
In addition to his parents, his wife of 53 years, Elva; one son, Melvin Jr.; one sister, Sally Shaw, and four brothers, Thurrel McLemore, Morris McLemore, Vernon McLemore and DJ McLemore, preceded Melvin in death.
Survivors include one son, David McLemore (George Thornton); two sisters, Joanna McPhail and Nellie Burnside; one brother, Carrol McLemore, and a host of nieces and nephews that loved him.
Online condolences can be expressed to the family at www.ofhwinona.com
Oliver Funeral Home of Winona was in charge of arrangements.
