December 30, 2018
80 year old Robert Jackie Ervin of Smithville passed away Saturday at his residence. He was a Baptist and a retired woodworker. The funeral will be Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Bryan Jones will officiate and burial will be in the Bonham Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. and Thursday from 9 a.m. until the service at 1 p.m. He was preceded in death by his wife, Catherine Houk Ervin; parents, Robert and Mary Young Ervin; brother, Billy Ervin; and daughter-in-law, Helen Ervin. Survivors include a daughter, Trena Murphy; three sons, Ricky Ervin, Randall Ervin, and Richard and Diane Ervin all of Smithville. Four grandchildren, J.D. Ervin of Smithville, Eric and Michelle Ervin of Smithville, Jeffery and Leigh Ann Whitefield of McMinnville, and Jason and Savannah Whitefield of Smithville. Seventeen great grandchildren and one great great grandchild also survive. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.