James Morgan Sellers, 74, passed away on May 20, 2016, after a brave 2 year battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his family and friends at his homegoing.
Funeral services will be 10:00a.m., Monday, May 23, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Stephen Hudnall and Reverend John Kimball. Burial will follow at King Cemetery in Hartburg, Texas.
Visitation will be from 5:00p.m.-7:00p.m., Sunday, May 22, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.
Born in Beaumont, Texas, on September 7, 1941, he was the son of Reverend James M. Sellers, Sr. and Velma Lea (Cain) Sellers. He resided in Hartburg, Texas most of his life and served as senior pastor of Oak Grove Tabernacle from 1999 until his homegoing on Friday. He served in the United States Marine Corp. and was a gifted heliarc welder. He loved his family, friends and church deeply and will be missed dearly by all those who had the privilege of knowing him.
James was preceded in death by his parents and brother, John William Roy Sellers.
He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Betty Ann (Storms) Sellers; daughter, Suzann Feldschau and husband Randy of Beaumont; son, James Corbin Sellers and wife Janell of Marshall, Minnesota; 4 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; sisters, Meredith L. Stark of Orange, Texas and Mary K. Vanpay of San Antonio, Texas
Serving as pallbearers will be Justin Feldschau, Michael Everett, Daniel Burks, Jerry Long, Raymond Green, Ricky McKinney.