Billy Lamar Twitty
1922 - 2002 (79 years)-
Name Billy Lamar Twitty Born 22 Nov 1922 Springhill, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA 
Gender Male Died 20 Nov 2002 Springhill, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA Buried 23 Nov 2002 Springhill Cemetery - Springhill, Louisiana, USA Person ID I2385 Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree Last Modified 19 Feb 2021
Family Gertie Ann Cochran, b. 3 Sep 1929, Springhill, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 15 Jul 2017, Bossier City, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 87 years) Married 17 May 1946 Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Children + 1. P.A. Twitty + 2. R.E. Twitty 3. Richard Lamar Twitty, b. 25 Oct 1956, Springhill, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 27 Oct 1956, Springhill, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 0 years)4. D.L. Twitty Last Modified 18 Feb 2022 Family ID F923 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 22 Nov 1922 - Springhill, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA 
Married - 17 May 1946 - Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Died - 20 Nov 2002 - Springhill, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA 
Buried - 23 Nov 2002 - Springhill Cemetery - Springhill, Louisiana, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Billy Lamar Twitty
Billy Lamar Twitty, son of Minor & Sue Gladys Russell Twitty, and brother to James Ralph Twitty. He married Gertie Ann Cochran, daughter of Porter and Frances Gertrude Houston Cochran.
MM 1/C Billy Lamar Twitty, son of Mrs. Sue Twitty, Springhill, attended Byrd High. Entered Navy, 1942, trained at Great lakes, Ill. Served in AP [Asia Pacific], Central and S. America. Awarded American Theater and AP Ribbon. Discharged in 1946.
Documents 
Porter Cochran Dairy Farm
Published in the Minden Press on June 4, 1962
Obituary of Billy Lamar Twitty
Published in The Springhill Press on November 28, 2002
U.S. World War II Draft Card - Billy Lamar Twitty
Name: Billy Lamar Twitty
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 19
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 22 Nov 1922
Birth Place: Springhill, Louisiana, USA
Residence Place: Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA
Registration Date: 30 Jun 1942
Registration Place: Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA
Employer: Consolidated Steel Shipyards
Weight: 138 lbs.
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Height: 5' 10"
Next of Kin: Betty Taylor
Headstones 
Headstone of Billy Lamar Twitty
Springhill Cemetery - Springhill, Louisiana, USA
Plot: 4S
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Notes - Obituary:
Funeral services for Mr. Billy Lamar Twitty, of Springhill, were held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, 2002 at Springhill United Methodist Church with the Rev. Burton Blair officiating. Burial followed at Springhill Cemetery under the direction of Bailey Mortuary of Springhill.
Billy spent most of his childhood in Springhill, later graduating from Byrd High School in Shreveport. He joined the Navy at 17 and served in the South Pacific during World War II aboard a mine sweeper, an aircraft carrier and a destroyer. With his wife, Billy owned and operated Porterville Country Store Feed and Farm Supply for 27 years. He was one of 13 founders of the Springhill Rodeo Assocation and an active member of Springhill United Methodist Church.
He was preceded in death by an infant son, Richard Lamar.
His legacy is his wife of 56 years, Gertieann Cochran Twitty; two daughters, Patricia Cochran, Ruth Voss and her husband, Jerry; son David Twitty and his wife, Gail; eight grandchildren, Alan Stanford and his wife, Miranda, Brad Stanford, Mark Stanford, Anna Stewart and her husband, Phillip, Heath Tabor, Katie Voss and Lisa Grimes; and five great-grandchildren Cole Stanford, Porter Stanford, Nicholas Stanford, Brent Cowden and Cameron Grimes.
Pallbearers were David Rhea, Raymond Spence, Mike Washington, Lon Park, Charles Park and Kent Cage.
Honorary pallbearers were the Ed Shultz Bible class and Billy's golfing buddies.
Memorials may be made to Springhill United Methodist Church.
(Published in The Springhill Press on November 28, 2002)
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