Obituary

Capt. Raymond e. “rocky” melton, 55, of clarksburg, formerly of charleston, passed away tues, december 9, 2014 after a long illness.

Rocky was a 1977 graduate of stonewall jackson high school. He was a firefighter who had earned the rank of captain & retired from the charleston fire dept. With 26 years of service. He also worked for fitzgerald plumbing & heating, charleston, st. Albans plumbing & heating, and graziano’s pizza, charleston. He was also owner & operator of rocky’s sub shop in chesapeake.

Rocky was a member of wv tourist train assoc., kanawha coin club and was an active member of purr wv where he helped raise funds for cats.

He was preceded in death by his parents bill and hildreth boggess melton; infant brother, william w. Melton ii and brother, michael a. Melton.

He is survived by his son, captain raymond e. Melton ii “rj” of the u.S. Army, stationed in hawaii; daughters hayley melton elias of charleston and stacie thomas of salisbury, nc; sister, toni g. Melton of little river, sc; brothers, william (joe) melton of st. Albans; david conley & his wife sharon of ashland city, tn; grandson reagan dinh of charleston; sister-in-law, penny a. Melton of alum creek; several aunts, uncles, nieces & nephews, cousins & a host of friends.

Rocky’s wishes were to be cremated.

Funeral service will be 2 p.M. Saturday, december 13, 2014 at barlow bonsall funeral home, charleston with a visitation 1 hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made in memory of “rocky” to the cat rescue at: purr wv 306 beech st. Grafton, wv 26354.

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Barlow bonsall funeral home has been entrusted to handle the arrangements.