Background
Melton, Buckner Franklin was born on October 24, 1923 in Arlington, Georgia, United States. Son of Henry Martin and Mary (Layman) Melton.
Melton, Buckner Franklin was born on October 24, 1923 in Arlington, Georgia, United States. Son of Henry Martin and Mary (Layman) Melton.
Norman College; Mercer University (Bachelor of Arts, 1949). Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University (Juris Doctor, 1949).
Worked at Sell & Melton (Macon, Georgia) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1948, Georgia. Phi Alpha Delta. City Attorney, Macon, 1959-1963.
Mayor of Macon, 1975-1979.
Board Member, Georgia State Board of Industry and Trade, 1979-1983. Member, Board of Governors, Mercer University Medical School, 1979.
Member: Macon (President, 1961) and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Georgia.
Military: Lieutenant Commander, United States Naval Reserve.
Active duty, 1942-1946, 1951, 1952. Sell & Melton was formed in 1980 from the merger of the firms of Sell, Comer & Popper, whose lineage dates to the early 1930"s, and McKenna, House, Lancaster & Green, whose beginnings were in the 1950"son Buckner F. Melton, the senior partner in the McKenna firm immediately prior to his election as Mayor of the City of Macon in 1976, joined the combined firm in 1980.
Member Georgia Board Industry and Trade, 1978-1983. Board visitors Georgia College. Executive committee Forward Macon.
Board governors Mercer Medical School Served with United States Navy, 1942-1946, 51-52. Member American Bar Association, Macon Bar Association (president 1961), State Bar Georgia, Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce (president 1971, director) Clubs: Macon Civic (president 1961), Idle Hour Golf and Country (president 1970), Elks.
Married Tommie Jean Beck, October 24, 1954. Children: Mary Leigh, Buckner Franklin.