James Ronald McKneely

Funeral services for James Ronald McKneely, 51, of Nacogdoches, will be held Saturday, November 5, 2005, at 11 a.m. at Cason Monk-Metcalf Sunset Chapel with the Rev. Garrel Faulkner, Baptist minister, officiating. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery in Nacogdoches. Mr. James McKneely passed away October 31, 2005, in Doha, Qatar. James Ronald McKneely was born on September 3, 1954, in Houston, Texas, to James W. McKneely and Sammie Smith McKneely. He married Darlene Lawson on February 14, 2001. He was a 1973 graduate of Hudson High School and a 1989 graduate of Texas A & M University. He served his tour of duty in the U.S. Army and was an international engineer working overseas. Mr McKneely was preceded in death by one sister, Brenda Carol Nelson; also his parents; and his step-mother, Earline McKneely. Along with his wife Darlene, James McKneely is survived by his sons, Matthew Steveson of Lufkin, Brady McKneely, Bryce McKneely and Blane McKneely, all of Cleburne; daughters, Blair McKneely of Cleburne, Ashley Brookshire and Amber Brookshire of Pollok; grandson, Caleb Brian Brookshire of Pollok; aunts, Mae Hill of Houston and Bea Boyd of Nacogdoches; uncle, Leonard McKneely of Nacogdoches; and a nephew, Mitchell Nelson of California; also two very special friends, Lee and Maggie Sailors of Nacogdoches. Pallbearers will be Tim Love, Ernie Fonseca, Stacey Brooks, Jeff Pinner, Phillip Lawson, and Dancler Lawson. Honorary pallbearers will be Orlo Johnson, Ricky Hopkins, Marvin Page, Rick Walden and Casey Brooks. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors.