Melinda has served in the position of business and finance manager since 2003. She attended Dalton College and received a bookkeeping certificate from Walker Technical Institute in Rock Spring, Georgia.

An active member of her church, Melinda has taught Sunday school for many years. She also serves as her church’s librarian. She and her husband are active in a group called Christians in Action, which provides home repairs for people in the church and in needy communities throughout the South. She and her husband, LeBron, live in Chickamauga, Georgia. They have three married children with 6 grandchildren.