Jonathan Myrl Cellum
b. 15 November 1945, d. 25 August 2006
- Father: James Myrl Cellum b. 23 April 1908, d. 3 January 1990
- Mother: Mary Anna Johnson b. 26 February 1919, d. 5 January 1996
- Jonathan Myrl Cellum was born on 15 November 1945 in Mercedes, Hidalgo County, Texas.
- Jonathan Myrl Cellum died on 25 August 2006 at age 60 in Lampasas, Lampasas County, Texas.
- The following appeared on 1 September 2006 in the Lampasas Dispatch Record: Former Lampasas City Councilman Jonathan M. Cellum died Aug. 25, 2006, at his Lampasas residence. He was 60.
Funeral services were Aug. 28 at Sneed Funeral Chapel in Lampasas with Minister Reid Schaub officiating. Burial with full military honors followed at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen.
Mr. Cellum was born Nov. 15, 1945, in Mercedes, Texas, the son of James Myrl Cellum and Mary Anna Johnson Cellum.
He graduated from Ed Couch Elsa High School in 1963, and attended Pan American University. He graduated from Central Texas College.
He married Martha Jo Klopek on Dec. 21, 1966, in Elsa, Texas.
Mr. Cellum was a retired Army aviator, having served overseas and at home for a combined 22 years.
He was also active in youth activities in Lampasas. He served on the Lampasas City Council and was a member of AMVETS Post 80 in Lampasas for many years, where he served in numerous capacities.
Survivors include his wife of Lampasas; a daughter, Katherine Annalisa Smith, and husband, Pete, of Llano; a son, Jeffrey Myrl Cellum, of Lampasas; three brothers, Steve Cellum and wife, Gayla, of Tishomingo, Okla., Rick Cellum of Mission, and Tom Cellum and wife, Barbara, of Highlands; a sister, Barbara Waggoner and Tommy of Port Aransas; and three grandchildren, Peyton Reilly Martinez, Laramie Tenison Smith and Dylan Ty Smith.
The family requested memorials be made to the American Cancer Society or Eastern Star Scholarship Fund.
Arrangements by Sneed Funeral Chapel of Lampasas.
- Last Edited: 23 Feb 2016