Melvin's visitation was held at the Greensboro Grasshoppers ballpark, a venue which the former mayor was instrumental in bringing to the city.

In a place typically booming with cheers and baseball, the First National Bank Field was quiet as hundreds funneled in to pay respects for Jim Melvin. One of his friends spoke off camera, saying that ...

Greensboro-- Rebecca "Becky" Carolyn Nance, 78, passed from this life into her eternal home on Friday, August 15, 2025.