SANTEE – Rev. Thomas Madison Mellette, 75, husband of Barbara Ann DuBose Mellette, died Thursday, April 22, 2010, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital in Manning.
Born August 3, 1934, in Turbeville, he was the son of the late Miller H. and Bessie McNeil Mellette. He was a graduate of the University of South Carolina and attended Columbia Bible College. He was a retired minister with fifty years of service to the ministry, a member of Summerton Baptist Church, where he pastored for ten years, and a retired educator and counselor in Williamsburg, Orangeburg, Sumter and Clarendon Counties.
Surviving in addition to his wife of Santee are a daughter, Vicki Ouzts and her husband Rock of Manning; two grandsons, Robert “Robbie” Thomas Ouzts, and Michael Owen Ouzts; a sister, Marbeth Brown of Blythewood; and a brother, Russell D. Mellette and his wife Grace of Lexington.
Funeral services were held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, April 25, 2010, in Summerton Baptist Church, with the Rev. Rob Pierce and the Rev. Donald Duncan officiating. Burial was in Clarendon Memorial Gardens in Manning.
Memorials may be made Summerton Baptist Church, P. O. Box 98, Summerton, SC 29148 or to the Free Will Baptist Home for Children, P. O. Box 229, Turbeville, SC 29162. To view video tribute: Click Here
CONDOLENCES
To the Family
What a great loss this is for you, our family, the church family and the whole community.We have such great memories and will treasure them always.He is finally at peace and celebrating with Jesus and all the people he worshiped with. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Please let us know if we can do anything. We loved him so much!
From: Gene,Cindy and Family
Mrs. Vicki, I am sorry to hear about your loss, you are in my thoughts and prayers.
From: Marie Brewer
Vicki and Rock, I send the condolences of the entire Ouzts Family for your loss. When you get a chance, please contact me so that I can add your family to our Ouzts families. I do not know yet where your husband, or sons, fit into our large family. I need his parents and of course all of your family information.
From: H. C. Ouzts
Mrs. Barbara, Mrs. Vicki, and family:
I am so sorry for your loss. Our family is lifting yours up in prayer.
From: Rebecca Coker
To Mrs. Barbara & Vicky: Mr. Mellette was a very sweet and kind man. I enjoyed my days with him. I grew to love him, and I miss him. Just know that I am keeping yall in my prayers. Jennifer Metzger
