CHAPMAN, Melvin Wayne, 11 Jul 1947 - 3 Apr 2002. (Son of Looney Chapman and Bertha Alma Allen; husband of Helen Moore; native of Giles County)
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CHAPMAN, Helen M., 1 May 1950 - no date. nee Moore; wife of Melvin Wayne Chapman
Mr. Melvin Chapman, 54, resident of Chatman Road in Mt. Pleasant, died Wednesday, April 03, 2002, in Maury Regional Hospital. Funeral services for Mr. Chapman will be conducted Friday at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Williams Mt. Pleasant Funeral Home with Dalton Cole and Billy Felker officiating. Burial will follow in the Spencer Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 4:00 � 9:00 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. He was a native of Giles Co., the son of Bertha Allen Chapman of Mt. Pleasant and the late Looney Chapman. He was the husband of Helen Moore Chapman of Mt. Pleasant. He was a farm supervisor for Clifton Place Farms and attended the Mt. Zion Church of Christ. Survivors in addition to his wife and mother include two daughters, Mrs. David (Donna) Howell and Misty Chapman, both of Mt. Pleasant; one son, Jeff (Crystal) Chapman of Mt. Pleasant; four brothers, Marvin Chapman, Hazel Chapman and Carl Chapman, all of Summertown and Forace Chapman of Columbia; one sister, Minnie Nelson of Pulaski; one grandson, Jacob Chapman of Pulaski.; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by five brothers, Elwood, Johnny, Horace, Alton and Virgil Chapman. Pallbearers will be David Chapman, Vance Chapman, Jeff Scott, Gary McKissack, Mike Chapman and Gary Chapman. Honorary pallbearers will be all employees of Clifton Place Farms and JRN, Inc., "A Team."
Information by Rick Gray. Photo by Wayne Austin. Visited there March 20, 2004.
