McCellon, Ervin Lee  
 	
GILMER -- Services for Ervin Lee McCellon, 84, of Gilmer, will 
be 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 27, 2007, at Grubbs-Loyd Funeral 
Home Chapel in Gilmer with the Rev. J.C. Henderson officiating. 
Arrangements are under the direction of Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home 
in Gilmer, Texas. Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Mr. 
McCellon passed away Saturday, February 24, 2007, at a local 
nursing home. Mr. McCellon was born October 29, 1922, in Gilmer, 
to James E. and Leona McCellon. He was a World War II veteran of 
the U.S. Army and a member of Latch Baptist Church. Mr. McCellon 
is survived by his son, Joe David McCellon of Gladewater; 
daughter, Kathy McClellan of Knoville, Tennessee; brothers, J.L. 
McCellon of Gilmer and Charles McCellon of Longview; sisters, 
Owedia Scarpella of Ray, Colorado, and Sally Evans of Gilmer; and 
one grandchild, Kristen Kraven. He was preceded in death by his 
sisters, Virginia Shaw and Geneva Thompson. Pallbearers will be 
Milburn Shelton, Moody Pool, Kenny Thompson, Sonny Hamberlin, 
Melvin Loyd and Darrell Wilson. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. today, 
February 26, 2007, at Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home in Gilmer.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 2/26/2007.