Justice M. Melton

Justice Marie Melton WILTON, Iowa--Justice Marie Melton, 16, of Wilton, died on Tuesday, May 29, 2012, in Wilton, as the result of an auto accident. Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, June 4, 2012, at the Heartland Fellowship Church. The officiant will be Pastor Tim Leathers. Serving as casket bearers will be Charlie Bell, Stephen Melton, David Melton, Ramon Melton, Zachary Anfinson and Christopher Ford. Honorary casket bearers will be D.J. Melton Grage, Tre Melton, Cory Ellerman, Rick Melton, Garrett Melton, Miguel Gontherman and Joshua Hilty. Visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, June 3, 2012, at Heartland Fellowship Church, Wilton. Additional visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. A memorial has been established in her memory. The Bentley Funeral Home in Wilton is in charge of the arrangements. Justice was born on January 3, 1996, to Matthew and Lisa Melton Berry in Vincennes, Indiana. She had just completed her sophomore year at Wilton High School and worked at Wahkonsa Country Club and at the Wilton Swimming Pool as a lifeguard. Justice was a member of Heartland Fellowship Church, Crux youth ministry at Heartla...[more]

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and an active member of Wilton Younglife. She was active in track, softball, basketball and volleyball at WHS. She played ASA softball with the Wilton Diamonds and was a member of the Wilton Wavemakers Swim team. She was a brown belt in Tae Kwan Do and loved to compete in tournaments. She was a peer buddy at the Wilton Elementary School and was an excellent student. Justice was a member of the WHS band, playing the saxophone, the baritone sax, clarinet and percussion. Justice had planned join the junior Airforce ROTC program at the University of Iowa. She was very loyal to her family and was very compassionate. She enjoyed spending time with her friends and family. She is survived and lovingly remembered by her mother, Lisa Melton (Shawn Gaylor) of Wilton; her step-father, Shane Grage of Wilton; her father, Matthew Berry and wife, Kathleen, stationed with the U.S. Marine Corps in North Carolina; her sisters, Isabella, Destiny, Alexis and Patience; her brothers, Tre and Darrell John; her grandparents, Mary Ann Melton of Moline, Illinois, Richard and Nancy Grage of Durant, and Ben and Linda Berry of Vincennes, Indiana; numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins; and her special friends, Olivia Reifert, Jenna Brammeier and Jen Ward. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Darrell Melton, John and Marie Grage, Robert and Darlene Haulk, Dorothy and Virgil Berry, and William and Velma Ellerman; her great grandparents, Claude Gray, Mary Gray and Otha and Robbie Melton; and her Godfather, Ramon J. Melton.