Robert Melvin Born: Oct 16, 1906 Died: Nov 28, 1928 Plot:
Age 22 Where born: Shoals IN Where died: Peoria IL Son of: William Dabney Melvin & Delaney P Stanfield Married: Lura Katherine Lancaster (6 Jan 1910 Sumner-5 Dec 2003 Vincennes IN m2: ? Hopkins buried Bruceville IN) Children: - Robert Lewis (31 Aug 1926 Sumner-25 Feb 2015 buried Bruceville Cem) -
Pearl Louise (28 Apr 1928 IL-10 Dec 2020 GA m: ? Selby) Siblings: - Harley*. (obit of Lura and Robert Lewis Jr)
* indicates buried with Robert Melvin in Sumner Cemetery.
About Sumner Cemetery:
Sumner Cemetery is the second largest cemetery in Lawrence county. Located on the east edge of Sumner, on the southside of Route 250. Other cemeteries in the vicinity: Christy Cenetery, Hopewell Cemetery and Lone Tree Cemetery. Burials: 4772 Location: 1000N, Sumner, Lawrence County, Illinois
