Killian, Bill R. "Pedro"

Graveside services, with full military honors, for Bill R. "Pedro" 
Killian, 81, of Longview, will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, November 7, 2006, 
at Rosewood Park Cemetery with the Revs. Bill Cunningham and Jerry 
Turner officiating. Mr. Killian died Thursday evening at a local 
hospital. He was born October 4, 1925, in Fort Worth, to Richard A. 
and Martha Pauline Pruitt Killian Sr. A resident of Longview since 
1975, Mr. Killian was the retired owner and operator of Longview 
Exxon Distributorship. He graduated from Texas Wesleyan College in 
1949 with a bachelor of science degree. He was a member of First 
United Methodist Church of Longview, the Longview Kiwanis Club, the 
Mount Pleasant Masonic Lodge No. 70 and the Scottish Rite in Dallas. 
Mr. Killian was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp. He is survived by 
his wife, Catheryn Ann Killian of Longview; sons and daughters-in-law, 
William Riley and Gerry Killian, Andy and Connie Killian of West 
Mountain, and David Wayne and Terrie Killian of Longview; daughter, 
Kay Lynn Killian of Longview; nine grandchildren; two 
great-grandchildren; brother, Richard A. Killian Jr. of Archer City, 
Texas; and sister, Mary Alice Hughes of Big Spring, Texas. The family 
will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Monday November 6, 2006, at Rader 
Funeral Home, 1617 Judson Road. A memorial guestbook may be signed 
online at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 11/5/2006.