Melvin Louis Boatner

Published 12:00 am Friday, December 14, 2012

March 8, 1957 – Dec. 10, 2012

CENTREVILLE — Services for Melvin Louis Boatner, 55, of Centreville, who died Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, in Norwood, La., will be at noon Saturday at Macedonia Baptist Church in Centreville.

Burial will follow at the church cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Saturday at the church.

Mr. Boatner was born March 8, 1957, in Centreville, the son of Emerson Stewart Sr. and Mae Helen Bell Stewart.

He was preceded in death by his father; paternal grandparents, Katie Johnson and Doug Stewart; and maternal grandparents, Ellen Turner and Esaw Bell.

Survivors include his wife, Sarah Ross Boatner; his mother; two children, Rockye Boatner and Takisha Ross; mother-in-law, Ella Louise Ross; two grandchildren, Amiyah Hampton and Jace Johnson; four sisters; two brothers; one aunt, Nazree Reed; six sisters-in-law; nine brothers-in-law; and a number of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.