Melvin M. Boykin passed away on May 19, 2007.

Survivors include: son, Melvin Miles (Phyllis); step-sons, Robert Stewart Jr. (Doris), Jerry Stewart; daughters, Marie Johnson (Tony) and Carolyn Robinson; step daughter, Mary E. Gardner (Walter); sisters, Eunice Brown, Carolyn Jackson (Rochester) and Teresa Mosley; 2 sisters-in-law, 1 brother-in-law; 2 daughters-in-law;