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Billy James McNabb
25 Sep 1925 – 12 Mar 2013
| Birth | 25 Sep 1925 |
| Death | 12 Mar 2013 |
| Cemetery | Resthaven Memorial Park Corsicana , Navarro County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Ronnie A. on 30 Aug 2019 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106747102 |
Bio
Billy James McNabb, 87, of Corsicana, passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m.. Thursday, March 14, 2013, at Corley Funeral Home of Corsicana. Funeral services are 10 a.m., Friday, March 15, 2013, at Corley Funeral Home Chapel, with his friend and neighbor the Rev. B. F. Risinger Jr. officiating. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park in Corsicana. Billy was born in Silver City, Texas, to the late Homer E. and Edna L. McNabb. He graduated from Emhouse High School, attended Navarro College (where he was a member of the original Barracks Bunch that began Navarro College) and East Texas University. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, he voluntarily enlisted in the U. S. Navy and was stationed in the Phillippine Islands (Samara). During an assignment he was injured, and spent three months in various naval hospitals and was presented the distinguished Purple Heart Award prior to his honorable discharge in 1945. He was one of many thousands of military personnel to sacrifice for our freedom. On Sept. 7, 1949, Billy married Louise Watkins. On May 5, 1990, he married Doris Harris. He retired from the local U. S. Postal Service after 28 years of service. Billy was a faithful member of Northside Baptist Church in excess of 50 years. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Louise, in 1988; second wife, Doris; brother and sister-in-law, Bronnie F. and Jo Ann McNabb; nephew, Bronnie F. McNabb Jr.; and other family members. Survivors include his step-daughters, Pat Haba and husband, Raymond, and Carole Davenport and husband, H.M; step-son, Ron Harris and wife, Lynn; step-grandchildren, Mike Adams and wife, Cherie, Shana Owen and husband, Dan, Sara Lasater and husband, Brent, and Chris Harris and wife, Beth; step-great-grandchildren, Brooke and Trae Adams, and Lexie, McKenna, Corley, Emy, Sutton, Cooper and Parker; step-great-great-grandchild, Brandon Seals; several cousins, nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends. Corsicana Daily Sun: 3/15/2013...Z11
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