There’s a Kind of a Hush, Sweet Charlotte
CAdvance correspondent harlotte iandreth-Melville NLPLNPFK “I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.” - Quotation commonly attributed to Quaker Stephen Grellet
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to po Charlotte continued to roamK iong walks kept her healthy and wise The knowledge of ages lived through her eyes They smiled; they twinkledI always knowingI phe was ready for lifeI always growingK The borough is full of history phe knew everyone by name HDSSLOy fiOOHG Ln DOO WhH PysWHry ft will never be the sameK poI start a conversationI make a new friend Take a trip to a brand new place And the life Charlotte willingly sharedI won’t endK This one’s for youI buddy…KK f will miss youI my friendK “oest in peace dear friendK” - Kathy DiBlassio “What a beautiful homegoing service for Charlotte MelvilleK phe has got to be celebrating in eeavenKKKrest well my friendK WF” - Demetria J. Bailey
“ft is with great sadness in our hearts that we say goodbye to Charlotte Melville of BristolK Charlotte was an incredible woman who led a life so full of adventure she could exhaust even a toddlerK phe was a descendant of the iandreth family whose legacy has long been a part of Bristol’s heritage that the Mazzocchi family has come to respectK The old farm house and main family residence to the Mazzocchis once belonged to iandrethK Charlotte loved to visit her family’s past and could spend hours poring over archived pieces of history she had made a lifetime out of collectingK eer family’s history is stamped all over our town and if you’ve ever talked with herI f’m sure you see those secreted little places hidden among Bristol’s historyK Charlotte was a great friend to us and she will be missedK Charlotte was a woman of great knowledgeK eer memory at times seemed endlessK And her spirit for adventure and living life to the fullest was something to admireK oest in peaceI dear friendI and thank you for sharing your time here with usK” - Bernard Mazzocchi, Canal Works
“Charlotte Melville will be missed by the entire community of Bristol BoroughK” - Karen Dopson
“phe was wild and crazy and f loved herK” - Rose Marie Nemeth
“aear CharlotteI vou were an amazing woman and an inspiration to so many peopleI including myselfK f will
miss reading your emails and FB posts telling of your exotic and exciting adventures, and your smiling face at the theatre. The world would be a much better place if there were more “Charlottes” in it!! Rest in peace, dear friend!” - Sharon Alexander
“RIP Charlotte Melville, for 90 years you showed others how life was meant to be lived. Semper Fi!” - Bob Kellagher
“Charlotte Melville we should all feel privileged to have met you. You will be missed! You are the embodiment of what living a life to the fullest and no fear is. You wasted not one second!” - Penny Bottomstone Gesualdi
“I absolutely loved her. She was an inspiration. She was my idol. My father said, ‘Charlotte you bring us the world.’’’ - Gioia Cianciosi
“We have lost a great, enlightened ally in the conservative mode. The beautiful Doane Academy chapel was filled to the brim today with friends of Charlotte Melville, all of us sad that she has gone on her last voyage and her last patrol. I feel extremely fortunate to have known her.” - Gail Miller