7/31/2001 Obituaries 
Matthew Ray McKelvey 

Matthew Ray McKelvey, 30, of Fairfield went to his heavenly home Sunday, July
29, 2001. He passed away at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas. 

Services were 11 a.m. today at First Baptist Church in Corsicana with the Rev.
B.F. Risinger officiating. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at New
Rosemont Cemetery in Benton, Ark. with Wayne Doughit officiating. 

Pallbearers were Eddy Ross, Jerry Ashcraft, Chuck Burns, Paul Cottar, Joseph
Tomlinson, Charlie Carrigan, Jerry Goldner and Mike Rene. Honorary pallbearers
were the Corsicana Special Olympics team. 

Mr. McKelvey was born April 6, 1971 in Little Rock, Ark. He attended schools in
Benton, Ark. and graduated in Fairfield. He was a member of First Baptist
Church of Corsicana, Special Ministries Sunday school class and Special
Ministries choir. He was a Special Olympian, and was selected as Athlete of the
Year for Area 12 in Texas. He represented Texas in the Inaugural National
Invitations Golf Tournament in Tennessee in 2000. He was employed at Mary
Dunlap Training Center in Teague. 

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Ervin Ray Massey and Clyde F. and
Ruth Ann McKelvey, all of Benton, Ark. 

Mr. McKelvey is survived by his parents, Clyde E. and Peggy C. (Massey)
McKelvey of Fairfield; grandmother, Earline Massey of Fairfield; and brother
and sister-in-law, Bradley E. and Shanna (Wilsford) McKelvey of Longview. 

Memorials may be made to the Special Ministries Department of First Baptist
Church, 510 W. Collin St., Corsicana, Texas 75110. 

Arrangements by Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home of Fairfield.