Mrs. Melda Fields Charles

September 24, 1943 - February 28, 2017

Mrs. Melda Fields Charles, age 73, of Unionville, passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2017, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services will be 2 PM Thursday, March 2, 2017, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Pastor Lucas Bowling will officiate, with burial to follow in Cothran Cemetery. The family will receive visitors Wednesday 4-8 PM at the funeral home. She was born September 24, 1943, in Phelps, Kentucky, to the late Abe and Alpha Wolford Fields. She was retired from Chrysler Corporation, and held membership in Parkview Baptist Church in Lewisburg. She is preceded in death her siblings; Alex Fields, Dolly Musson, Molly Edmunds, Bobby Fields, Jimmy Fields, Elmer Ray Fields, Gracie Bently, and Freddie Fields. Survivors include her husband of 56 years, George Charles, of Unionville; two daughters, Ruth C. (John) Yates, of Unionville, and Beverly C. (Tim) Bowling, of Howell, Michigan; a brother, Ervin Fields, of Edgerton, West Virginia; grandchildren, T.J. (Amanda) Bowling, Luke (Tricia) Bowling, Melody (Adam) Deas, Thomas (Crystal) Bowling, Daniel (Laurin) Bowling, Wade Bowling, and Bethany (Jonathon) Brown; great grandchildren, Noah Bowling, Zach Bowling, Madison Bowling, James Bowling, Rilee Bowling, Ethan Ruiz, Thomas Bowling, Jackson Bowling, Blaine Bowling, Kylie Bowling, Olivia Bowling, A.J. Bowling, Justin Bowling, Drake Deas, Alayna Bowling, and Camryn Brown. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.