Melvin Pike of Campbellsville, son of the late Omer Lee Pike and Marie Sullivan Pike, was born June 10, 1941 in Taylor County, Kentucky. He died at 6:44 A.M., Saturday, September 24, 2016 in Elizabethtown. Age: 75
He professed faith in Christ and was a member of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church.
Melvin was a farmer who also had worked at Cox Interior and Kentucky Cooperage.
He united in marriage to Maxine Underwood March 27, 1970. She preceded him in death June 15, 2013.
He is survived by two sons: Roger Pike and wife, Shannon and Jerry Pike of Campbellsville; three grandchildren: Todd Pike and fiancé, Ashley Walker, and Landon Pike of Campbellsville, Katie Lobb and husband, Derek of Greensburg; three great-grandchildren: Dawson Lobb, Dalton Pike, and Zayden Walker; one sister, Opal Judd and husband, Paul of Campbellsville; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
He was also preceded in death by six sisters and one brother: Nellie Greenlee, Carlyton Campbell, Edna Stubbs, Mary Pike, Katherine Pike, Hallie Pike, and Kenneth Pike.
VISITATION: 5:00 -8:00 P.M. Sunday, Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home
FUNERAL SERVICE: 11:00 A.M., Monday, September 26, 2016 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral
Home in Campbellsville by Bro. Freddy Thompson and Bro. Leo Curry
BURIAL: Campbellsville Memorial Gardens
EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY REQUESTED TO BE DONATIONS TO
GIDEON BIBLES AND MAY BE MADE AT PARROTT & RAMSEY FUNERAL HOME