Kelly, Evan "Pat" 

KILGORE -- Graveside services for Evan "Pat" Kelly, 80, of Kilgore, will be held 1 
p.m. Friday, April 14, 2006, at Laurel Land Cemetery in Dallas. Mr. Kelly passed 
away Tuesday, April 11, 2006, in Longview. He was born November 18, 1925, in Dallas, 
to the late William R. and Gladys Evans Kelly. Mr. Kelly served in the United States 
Navy during World War II aboard the U.S.S. Belle Grove, LSD-2 Landing Craft Division 
for two years in the South Pacific. He was involved in the initial invasions of 
Eniwitok, Tarawa, Guam, Kwajalein, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. He was a member of 
the Denver City Masonic Lodge No. 1278 for more than 50 years. Mr. Kelly retired 
from the Oilwell Supply Division of U.S. Steel after 38 years of service. He worked 
as a field representative in Denver City, Andrews, Kermit, Monahans, Wichita Falls 
and Fort Morgan, Colorado before finally moving to Kilgore, where he continued to 
make his home after retirement in 1985. Mr. Kelly is survived by his wife, Dorothy 
Lund Kelly of Kilgore; son, Michael of Kilgore; two granddaughters, Jessica and 
Tabitha Kelly, both of Kilgore; sister and brother-in-law, Sybil and Jack Daffron of 
Duncanville; niece, Annette and husband, Rusty, Norman and their daughter, Asleigh, 
all of Dallas; sister-in-law, Patsy Kelly of Houston; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, 
Roland and Yolanda Lund of Farmers Branch; as well as many other loving family and 
friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; and brother, Charles E. Kelly. The 
family requests that memorials be made to the Denver City Masonic Lodge No. 1278, 
Denver City, TX 79323. The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Thursday evening, 
April 13, 2006, at Rader Funeral Home. Please leave online condolences at 
www.Raderfuneralhome.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 4/13/2006.