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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Lewis Byron Melson
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Lewis Byron Melson
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| LAST NAME: Melson
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FIRST NAME: Lewis
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MIDDLE NAME: Byron
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| TITLE: Jr.
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GENDER: M
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| BORN: 10 Apr 1945
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DIED: 15 Apr 1983
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BURIED: 21 Apr 1983
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OCCUPATION: Actor (Television)
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| BIRTH PLACE: Charleston, Charleston Co., South Carolina
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| DEATH PLACE: Eugene, Lane Co., Oregon
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Name of father, Lewis Byron Nelson
Name of mother, Mary
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DEATH CERTIFICATE:
OSBH DC (Lane County 1983) #83-07785
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OBITUARY:
EUGENE - Lewis Byron Melson, Jr., 38, a television actor and Eugene resident, died Friday.
He was born in Charleston, S. C., where his father was stationed in the Navy. In 1968 he graduated from the University of Oregon. He most recently was featured in a Miller's High Life TV commercial.
Survivors include his parents, Lewis and Mary Melson, Sr., Annapolis, Md., sisters, Mary Sue London, Towson, Md., and Margaret Katherine Parson, Crofton, Md.
His grandfather, Roy S. Melson, was a Marion County commissioner and owner of a farm in Keizer. His great-grandfather, James A. Melson, helped build the First Methodist Church in Salem.
Graveside services will be 3 p.m. Thursday at Salem Pioneer Cemetery. Barrick Mortuary, Salem, is in charge. Contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.
[newspaper clipping supplied by Evelyn Melson Franz]
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