Melinda Ann Partee

- MELINDA ANN PARTEE, 41, OF ASHEVILLE DIED THURSDAY MAY 10, 2001 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. A NATIVE OF TAMPA, FL. SHE HAD LIVED MOST OF HER LIFE IN MT. CARMEL, IL. BEFORE MOVING TO ASHEVILLE. SHE HAD SERVED 3 YEARS IN THE U.S. MARINE CORP, WAS A TUTOR FOR THE MATH DEPARTMENT AT A.B. TECH, A STUDENT AT WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY AND A MEMBER OF MT. CARMEL ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF CLARENCE PARTEE OF MT CARMEL, IL AND THE LATE LEONA COALE PARTEE. SURVIVING IN ADDITION TO HER FATHER ARE HER DAUGHTER, SYDNEY MELINDA PARTEE OF THE HOME; MOTHER, SANDRA McDONALD OF PHOENIX, AZ.; SISTERS, COLLEEN LITHERLAND OF MT. CARMEL, IL., CAROLYNN JEAN BEARD AND DEBORAH K. UNZICKER BOTH OF HUMBLE, TX., SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND MANY FRIENDS. FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 2:00 P.M. MONDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH THE REV. JOAN MARSHALL OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN FOREST LAWN MEMORIAL PARK, ENKA.