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Frank Ervin Melton (March 19, 1949 – May 7, 2009) [1] was the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, United States, from 4 July 2005 until his death on 7 May 2009. Melton, an African American, defeated the city's first black mayor Harvey Johnson, Jr. Melton won 63 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary against Johnson, who had served two terms.
May 8, 2009 · The mayor, Frank E. Melton, 60, had a heart attack Tuesday night after the polls closed. Mr. Melton was hospitalized Tuesday evening after being found unconscious in his home 10 minutes after...
Nov 14, 2023 · On primary-election night in May of 2009, the 60-year-old mayor collapsed at his home. He died two days later of a massive heart attack. He never knew that he had been defeated in the primary by Harvey Johnson, Jr., the incumbent he had beaten four years before.
May 7, 2009 · JACKSON, Miss. — Frank Melton, 60, the mayor of Mississippi’s largest city, died early today, two days after losing a primary re-election bid and days before he was set to stand trial on...
May 7, 2009 · The Associated Press is reporting that Jackson Mayor Frank Melton has died. Shortly before polls closed Tuesday evening around 7 p.m., the mayor went into cardiac arrest at his 2 Carter's...
May 7, 2009 · JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Frank Melton, the mayor of Mississippi's largest city, died early Thursday, two days after losing a primary re-election bid and days before he was set to stand trial on...
May 21, 2008 · May 30, 2005. Crime. DA Files: ‘Too Sweet’ Reverend, Old Faces Back in News. Names of men who were involved in the late and controversial Mayor Frank Melton's universe keep popping up in the...
