Stanley Archer McClellan was the second child born to Billy and Joy. He was born on April 12, 1963 in Georgetown Hospital in Georgetown TX. At this time, Billy was the pastor and Joy was the organist at Crestview Baptist Church.

The family moved to Valley Mills, TX when Stanley was about 18 months of age for Billy to pastor the First Baptist Church of Valley Mills. They stayed in Valley Mills until leaving Texas for the Pacific Northwest in 1969.