Obituary of Samuel McGilvra

Services for Samuel McGilvra, 16, Arp, are scheduled for 10:00 am, Saturday, December 1, 2007 at the Arp Emmanuel Baptist Church with the Reverend Leon Batchelor and the Reverend Doctor Ron Klingsick officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, near New London, under the direction of Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home, Overton. Samuel died Wednesday, November 28, near Arp. He was born April 4, 1991, in Galveston. He was a Sophomore at Arp High School, where he was an active member of the FFA. He liked riding four wheelers, listening to Country music, fishing, and camping. He was a member of the Arp Emmanuel Baptist Church. Survivors include his parents, Earl and Juanita McGilvra, Arp; his birth parents, Mike Cloffey and Stephanie Blanchard; five brothers, Larry Alewine, Kilgore, Gary Alewine, Berea, Kentucky, Dewayne Phelps, Bullard, Noah McGilvra, Longview, and Tony McGilvra, Henderson; two sisters, Lisa Barnett, New London and Anita Odom, Longview; his grandparents, Terry and Doreen Cloffey, Griffin, Georgia; and several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Theo Crawford, Garrett Williams, Jonathan Graham, William Gamage, Cody Archie, Travis Hetherwick, Brandon Tidwell, Dillon Holman, Jordan Rhodes, and Corey Cline.