Charlotte Landreth Melville remembered for living life
Advance correspondent BofpTOi TOWNpefm - Charlotte iandreth MelvilleI a prominent Bristol Township residentI died on ganK PK phe was VMK
eer death came as a shock to many who knew her becauseI until she suffered a stroke two weeks agoI Melville remained an energetic force in the Bristol area and had just weeks agoI returned from a visit to family in BudapestK The morning after her returnI she breakfasted at the oadcliffe CaféI saying that she couldn’t sleep late because she had so many errands to runK
“f just have to get movingI” she saidK
AndI move she didK On Bristol aayI OctK OMI an ac- quaintance saw her leaving one of the homes on the history tour and remarkedI “f hope that when f’m her ageI f can walk like thatK”
eerta MackayI of BristolI said she’d been friends with Melville for more than RM yearsI and walked with her just about every morningK
“phe had unbelievable energyK f always thought she could run around me NMM timesK f have lost someone who was a wonderful friendI” Mackay saidK
Melville was also active in Bristol’s historyI lending itemsI such as Civil War-era diariesI lettersI and swords from her family’s Civil War collection to the drundy iibrary or to the Bristol Cultural and eistorical coundation for its eistoric Bristol aay exhibitsK
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ear- old Michener said that the library “would always be indebted to herI” for her contributions of time and material about the town’s historyK Michener and his wife Carol were among the NRM guests who attended Melville’s VMth birthday party in gulyK
MelvilleI an inveterate world travelerI also served in the military during war timeI having enlisted in the marines in NV4OK phe was stationed at Camp iejeuneI where she worked for the Engineer nuartermaster’s RIfiFH. HHU PDULQH GUHss uniformI which she still wore to special eventsI was on display in a recent World-War ff exhibit at the drundy iibraryK
phe once told the story of her pre-service work on the draft boardK A man asked why shH wDs TuDOLfiHG IRU such a postI sinceI he saidI there’d be no danger of her going to warK
“iittle did f know that a few months laterI f would enlistI” she recalledK
fncluded in her picture album was a photo of her with then-mresident deorge eKWK Bush and cirst iady Barbara BushI taken at a military ball in ChinaK
Melville was a widow and had been married for OR years to her husband BobK The couple had two childrenI Ann and iindaK Melville also has two grandsonsK
phe will be mourned by many in townI friends saidK
“Bristolians are going to miss her and the borough is certainly going to cherish her memoryI” said borough resident eelen voungloveK