Johnny Carl Kellis

 Memorial services will be held at a later date for Mr. Johnny Carl Kellis, 77, of Chandler. Mr. Kellis died at his residence on April 14, 2008.Johnny Carl Kellis was born Dec. 6, 1930 in Longview, to Carey Karl and Laura Estelle Webb Kellis. He was a Baptist, a truck driver and had served in the U.S. Marines. He was an ex officer with the Jacksonville Police Department and the Sheriff’s Department in Clarksville and an ex constable in Whitehouse. He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Thomas Wayne Kellis; brothers Bob Kellis and Robert Wayne Kellis; and sisters, Peggy Sue and Ruby Nell.Mr. Johnny Kellis is survived by four sons, Johnny Carl Kellis, Jr. Johnny Wayne Kellis, Ricky Carl Kellis and Robert Dewayne Kellis; five daughters, Janet Leigh, Connie Lynn Kellis, Teresa Jean Kellis, Donna Abbott and Patricia Ann Jackson; two brothers and a sister-in-law, Dean Kellis, Bill and Bonnie Kellis, four sisters and a brother-in-law, Margaret and Ronnie Grimes, Carol Shahin, Bonnie Thomson and Shirley Clifton; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Visitation will be held at Boren-Conner Funeral Home, 750 S. Jackson St., Jacksonville, from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23, 2008. Published in the Jacksonville Daily Progress from 4/21/2008 - 4/23/2008.