Obituary of Melvin J. McAllister

Melvin J. McAllister, age 86, of Alloway Township, died Monday, January 30, 2012 at the South Jersey Health Care Hospice Care Unit in Bridgeton. He had been in declining health for the past year and a half. A lifetime resident he was born on June 5, 1925 in Quinton and was the son of the late William McAllister and Bertha Wible McAllister and the husband of the late Georgean Russick McAllister. In addition to farming on his family's farm, Mr. McAllister had also been employed with the former Tronics Company in Millville and Hunt-Wesson Foods Company in Bridgeton. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and walking. Surviving are four sons, Wesley Cox of Millville, Bradley Cox of Rhode Island, Cameron Craig Cox of California and Wayne Cox of Florida; two brothers, Lester McAllister and his wife June of Friesburg and Frank McAllister of Cohansey; two sisters, Hazel Wilson of Daretown and Helen Pompper and her husband Francis of Quinton along with four grandchildren. He was predeceased by three brothers, Lewis, Charles and Russell McAllister and three sisters, Anna Howell, Margaret Swing and Bertha Hackett. Funeral services will be held at the PADGETT FUNERAL HOME, 1107 State Highway # 77, Upper Deerfield Township on Thursday afternoon, February 2nd at 2 PM. Burial will take place at Fernwood Memorial Park in Hopewell Township. Friends will be received at the funeral home on Thursday from 1 to 2 pm. Written condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.padgettfuneralhomes.com