John FranklinMcClendon

John Franklin McClendon, 80, of Caddo Mills passed away February 6, 2011 at Hunt Regional Medical Center.  Services will be held at 10:00 AM Wednesday at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Rockwall with Pastor Paul Ferguson officiating.  Coker-Mathews Funeral Home, Greenville is in charge of arrangements.  A military graveside will follow at 12 Noon at Memoryland Memorial Park.  Visitation will be from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Tuesday at the funeral home. 

Mr. McClendon was born February 5, 1931 in Quinlan to William W. and Effie Mildred Hinkle McClendon.  On November 23, 1967, he married Lucille Marie Weisheit in DuBois County, Indiana.  He served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War.  In 1990, he retired from Timberlawn Hospital in Dallas as an accountant.  He was a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Rockwall and a member of the North Texas Chapter of the Chosin Few. 

His survivors include his wife; sons David McClendon and wife Becky and Patrick McClendon; daughter Kara Jander and husband David; brother James Robert “Buddy” McClendon; sisters Bessie Meyers, Joan Dean, and Mildred Patton; and six grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Ollie Mae Littleton; brother William McClendon; and a spouse Ann Brooks McClendon.

Pallbearers will be nephews and honorary pallbearers will be members of the North Texas Chapter of the Chosin Few.

The family request memorials be made to the Lutheran World Relief.