About Us

The caring and experienced professionals at Melton Mortuary and Cremation Center are here to support you through this difficult time. We offer a range of personalized services to suit your family's wishes and requirements. You can count on us to help you plan a personal, lasting tribute to your loved one and we will carefully guide you through the many decisions that must be made during this challenging time.

Who We Are

As a full-service funeral home, Melton Mortuary & Cremation Center was founded on the principal of fulfilling the needs and exceeding the expectations of every family that we have the honor of serving. Since 1951, we have lived by our mission statement: our family serving your family. Conveniently located in Beckley, WV, we provide a funeral parlor environment that is always clean, fresh, and uplifting. Our staff is committed to the highest standard by providing personalized services and adaptable facilities.

We care for each deceased person with respect and dignity when transporting, preparing, and sheltering them before they are laid to rest. At our funeral home, we believe each family deserves that same respect. Accordingly, we operate our business with focuses on the values of honesty, integrity, and professionalism. We adhere to each family's wishes and safeguard their confidences.

Melton Mortuary & Cremation Center provides the following complete set of funeral home services:

Cremation Services - performed in our own on site crematory
Funeral Caskets
Funeral Home Memorial Facilities
Funeral Service Planning
Obituary Listings

Do you have immediate needs for funeral arrangements or funeral planning? Contact us today. We are here to help in your times of need.

Meet Our Staff

Jeannette Renee Duncan

Funeral Director & Embalmer - Licensee In Charge

Jeannette Renee Duncan is a Sophia native who has been a Licensed Funeral Director & Embalmer since 2007. She is passionate about serving our families and caring for others.

Renee served in the US Army from 1998-2005 as an 88M-Truckdriver. She graduated from John A. Gupton Jones Mortuary College, Nashville, TN in 2006. She began her funeral career in 2007 in Florida.

Renee decided to return to her beautiful home state in 2018 so she could be closer to her family. When she is not serving families at the funeral home, she enjoys gardening, and spending time outdoors with her family.

Telephone: 1-304-253-8100

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Bruce Blankenship

Funeral Director

Van Church

Licensed Funeral Director and Cremation Specialist

Savanna ‘Van’ Church, a North Carolina native, embraced West Virginia as her home in 2022. She came for the great variety of hiking, biking trails and the fun local events.

Van attended UNC Wilmington and graduated Cum Laude with her dual bachelor’s degree in criminology and Sociology. It was her dream to work in law enforcement. In 2022, she felt called to change directions in hopes to help others and decided to change her career path to become a licensed funeral director. Van attended Brightpoint Community College’s funeral services program and graduated in May of 2024. Van decided to become a team member at Melton Mortuary and Cremation Center in September of 2024 and is ready to begin serving the community here with us as a licensed funeral director and certified crematory operator.

Patrick Parker

Apprentice Funeral Director / Crematory Operator

Patrick is outgoing, friendly, and always ready to help. He is an Apprentice Funeral Director and Licensed Crematory Operator specializing in helping our Pet Families and arranging funeral services for our community. He has been serving families with Melton Mortuary since 2022 and we are privileged he is part of our team.

He attended Concord University from 2008-2011 and is currently a Bachelors Degree holder from WVU.

In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife, son, parents, and his three fur-babies. Patrick is an avid history buff who enjoys participating in living history and re-enactments.

He and his family are members of the United Methodist Temple.

Telephone: 1-304-253-8100

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Mary Voloski-Webb

Office Manager

Roscoe Collins

Crematorium Licensee In Charge

Roscoe Collins is a native of Peirpoint ,WV; a 1989 graduate of Mullens High School. He began his funeral home career in 2014 at Tankersley Funeral Home in Mullens before coming to Melton Mortuary in 2016. He Received his Crematory License and in 2018 became Licensee in Charge of the Crematorium. Roscoe attends the Pierpoint Freewill Baptist Church where he has been a member for 37 years. Has four siblings, nine nieces/ nephews, and three great nieces, which are the gems of his eye. He loves being outdoors, hunting and fishing are some of his favorite pastimes.

Beth Keatley

Pre Planning Advisor

Beth has been in some type of sales the greater part of her adult life. She had worked as a realtor in the area for many years and worked in Life and Health insurance. Sadly in 2010, her father, Hugh Keatley, passed away. Hugh had been in the death profession for 48 years at the time of his death. Beth considered him her mentor when it came to understanding sales. A chance encounter with a former associate of her father’s led her to try out the business in 2013. She fell in love with preneed sales. In 2018 she started selling preneed for Melton Mortuary and Cremation Center in Beckley, and Evans-Calfee Funeral Service in Pineville and Oceana.

Beth is very involved with the Beckley-Raleigh County community and has given her time and energy supporting many organizations including, Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Beckley, AWAY (Women’s Resource Center), The United Way of Southern WV, West Virginia Golf Association, and the First Tee of Southern WV. She has also been involved with business organizations and served on multiple boards.

Beth and her husband, Jimmy Wentz reside in Daniels, WV.

John Ellison

Funeral Assistant

Lou Wills

Hair Dresser

Lloyd Williams