Robert Goad, 56, formerly of Forrest City, died Saturday, March 2, 2002, at his home in Tyler, Texas. He was a 1965 graduate of Forrest City High School and lived in the Forrest City area until 1969. He was recently retired from the Tyler school system. He was a Baptist.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Paul and Dell Goad of Forrest City and by his wife, Reba Goad, also of Tyler.
Survivors include three children, Robbin Goad Nicholas, Clay Goad and Allen Goad, all of Whitehouse, Texas; a sister, Paulette Goad Kelly of Memphis and two grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete, but are under the direction of the Lloyd James Funeral Home in Tyler, Texas.
Alfred Glenn Melson, 46, of Rixeyville, Va., died Thrusday, Feb. 28, 2002.
He was born May 10, 1955, in Alexandria, Va., the son of Albert Lee Melson and Jessie Lee Locklear Melson. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps.
He was preceded in death by his father.
In addition to his mother, survivors include a former wife, Lois Fay Holden; one son, Ivan Glenn Melson of Culpeper, Va.; a daughter, Rebecca Anne Melson of Albuquerque, N.M.; three sisters, Juanita Woodward of Culpeper, Va., Cheryl Ann Haga of Manassas, Va., and Colleen Roseberry of Culpeper Va., and two brothers, Ronald Kenneth Melson and Albert Lee Melson, both of Boston, Va.; one grandson and a host of nieces and nephews.
A graveside service will be held Thursday, March 7, 2002, at 2 p.m. at the Laughridge Cemetery. Found and Sons Funeral Chapel of Culpeper, Va., is in charge of the arrangements.