annually organized the Chamber's Spaghetti Open golf tournament, helped with the annual Parade of Lights and Taste of Louisville and attended the chamber after-hour events.

She continued to volunteer at Labor Day and Fourth of July events — once hosted by the chamber — after the city began overseeing them.

Melvin's daughter recalled that the family every year would gather on the corner across from the Blue Parrot at Main and Pine streets for the annual Labor Day Parade. Melvin's mom worked at the restaurant, a mainstay in Downtown Louisville, and she would come out and join them for the festivities.

When Melvin began working for the chamber, it was only right that they gathered at a new corner, outside the Chamber of Commerce, mixing both of her "families."

That corner wasthe spot for a fond memory Angell shared about Melvin.

Two years ago before the Parade of Lights, Melvin slipped and fell on the ice. Angell said she ran to help her but slipped as well.

"I ran and flew up in the air and landed (with my legs) straddling her like we were on a sled. And then Dexter (the chamber dog) ran and sat in her lap. Lani and I couldn't get up, we were laughing so hard," she said.

Angell said a man who witnessed the scene yelled, "They're both down!"

Melvin herself was a mainstay in Louisville. She was born in Michigan, but her family, originally from Louisville, moved back when Melvin was an infant and she stayed the rest of her life.

"My mom loved that job. That