Mary Ruth Melton, 84, died November 24, 2009 at NHC Health Care in Johnson City. Funeral services were held 2:00 p.m. November 29, 2009 at McDonald Funeral Home in Hohenwald. Malcom George, minister of Lomax Church of Christ, officiated. Interment took place in the Swiss Cemetery. Born February 25, 1925 in Dover, Ohio, Mrs. Melton was a daughter of the late Walter Christopher Amacher and Vivian Sisco Amacher. Survivors include a son John W. (Carol) Melton of Johnson City; one granddaughter, Ashley (David) Blevins of Montgomery, Alabama; two grandsons, Dr. Casey (Amy) Melton of Mobile, Alabama, and Scotty (Hope) Melton of Montgomery, Alabama; seven great grandchildren, Cooper, Collier, Chapman and Crawford Blevins and Caroline Melton, all of Montgomery, Alabama, Kayla and Laney Melton of Mobile, Alabama. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Melton was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Wilson Melton; one brother, Buddy Amacher; and one sister, Sarah Jane Peery.