BELTON — Services for Lavon K. “Whitey” James, 80, of Salado will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Dossman Funeral Home in Belton.

He died Friday, Oct. 26, at a Temple hospital.

Mr. James was born in Spencer, Iowa, to Chester and Opal James. He graduated from Iowa State Teacher’s College. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was a member of DeMolay, the Chisholm Trail Good Sam’s of Temple, Heart of Texas Camping Squares and a lifetime member of the VFW. He married Catalina Cervantes on Feb. 25, 1977, in El Paso.

Survivors include his wife of Salado; four sons, Michael A. James of Bellevue, Neb., Robert James of Ridgeway, Wis., Ivan Cervantes of Kyle and George Cervantes of Austin; two daughters, Bonita Kay Peavey of Plainview, Iowa, and Edna Marie Brown of El Paso; and 10 grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the VFW or the Paralyzed Veterans of America.