RICHMOND, VA – Melvin Lee, 65, of Richmond, VA, formerly of Northampton County, died Monday, August 8, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, August 12, 2016 at Gaston Missionary Baptist Church, Gaston. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. H.D. Pope Funeral Home, Roanoke Rapids, is handling the arrangements.