Billy Ray Service

Male 1929 - 2018  (88 years)


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  • Name Billy Ray Service 
    Born 2 Nov 1929  El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 7 Aug 2018  Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 10 Aug 2018  Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2150  Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
    Last Modified 16 Aug 2018 

    Father Willie Harmon Service,   b. 28 Nov 1898, Edgewood, Van Zandt County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Feb 1989, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Frances Ruth Adkins,   b. 5 Nov 1911, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 1995, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 28 Apr 1927  Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F825  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family M.E. McIlroy 
    Children 
    +1. D.R. Service
    +2. B.A. Service
    +3. L.R. Service
    Last Modified 16 Mar 2021 
    Family ID F1595  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Nov 1929 - El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 7 Aug 2018 - Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 10 Aug 2018 - Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
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    1930 Northwestern State University Yearbook Photo
    Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA
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    Willie Harmon Service, Frances Ruth Adkins Service, and Billy Ray Service
    Willie Harmon Service, Frances Ruth Adkins Service, and Billy Ray Service
    Taken in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1936
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  • Notes 
    • Obituary:

      SHREVEPORT, LA - A Celebration of Life for Billy Ray Service, 88, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, August 10, 2018, at Rose-Neath Marshall Street Chapel, Shreveport, LA. Officiating will be Rev. Dennis Sims. Interment will be at Forest Park Cemetery, St. Vincent Ave., Shreveport, LA.

      The family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. until service time Friday at the funeral home.

      Bill was born November 2, 1929, in El Dorado, AR to Frances Ruth Adkins Service and Willie Harmon Service and passed away August 7, 2018 at his residence in Shreveport. He was Baptist in faith. Billy worked and retired from Exxon after 40 years. He was a member of the Pelican Travelers Club and Exxon Annuitant Club, and was founder of the Exxon Extras Travel Club. He was a company man through and through. Bill was loaned by Exxon to Alyeska Pipeline Company for two years. He finished the seven northern pump stations and was there when the first oil traveled through the pipeline in 1977. Upon retirement he and Beth traveled to all fifty states, all but Hawaii by motor home. He never met a stranger and was loved and admired by many for his wise advice, mentorship, leadership and kindness.

      His wife and family were his most treasured possessions and they will miss him more than words can express.

      He was preceded in death by his parents, W. H. "Red" Service and Ruth Service. Left to cherish his memory is his loving wife of 67 years, Beth Service of Shreveport, LA; son, Leonard Service of Shreveport, La; daughters, Debbie S. Gibson and husband Kent of Minden, La and Brenda S. Harrison and husband William of Monroe, La; grandchildren, McIlroy Service, Lana Gibson, Jillian Whitney, Dorobeth Windham and Katy Harrison; great-grandchildren, Hunter and Harper Grace Whitney and Lillybeth and John Chris Windham.

      Honoring Bill as pallbearers will be Alan Herring, Jack Herring, Ward McClain, Kent Gibson, William Harrison and Chris Windham.

      (Published by Rose-Neath Funeral Home of Shreveport, LA)