Melody is the daughter of Charles Edgar Cochran and Sarah Elizabeth Cate Scott. Survived by a sister: Valerie (Rick) Caldwell, Paris, TN; brother: Tommy (Belinda) Cochran, Paris; niece: Elizabeth Caldwell, Paris and special friend: Don Darby, Paris. Preceded by her husband: Richard Wells in 1996. She was a former flight attendent. Memorials may be made to the Melody Ruth Cochran Wells fund, %Commercial Bank & Trust Co., P.O. Box 1000, Paris, TN 38242.