Billy Spruiell
Billy Douglas Spruiell, 77, of Mexia passed away December 7, 2011 in Mexia. Funeral services will be 2PM, Friday, December 9, 2011 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Bill Wright, Sr. officiating. Interment will follow in the Coolidge Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Thursday, at the funeral home. Billy was born January 25, 1934 in Mexia, Texas to Fred and Anne Dezell Spruiell. He was a carpenter and a retiree of the Mexia State School Maintenance Department. Billy served his country in the U. S. Army. He was a member of the Mexia VFW Lancaster Post 4694. Billy was very outgoing; he never met a stranger. His love for his family and friends was evident in his life. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Wanda Gilmore Spruiell; son, Benjamin Spruiell. Billy is survived by three children, Tami O'Donnell, Robin Adams and husband, Sonny and Scott Spruiell and wife, Paula; step-son, Kyle Gilmore; grandchildren, Candice Baker, Nathan, Herman and Jennifer Griffith, Michael, Steven and Jeffery McGee; great granddaughter, Allison McGee; sister, Bette Gupton; brother, Tim Spruiell; and cousin, Jim Purser. Pallbearers will be Don Johanson, Junior Fisher, Paul Youngblood, Gary Talbot, Jan Harrison, Bert Lynn Harrison and Joe Teel.Obituary
Billy Douglas Spruiell, 77, of Mexia passed away December 7, 2011 in Mexia. Funeral services will be 2PM, Friday, December 9, 2011 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Bill Wright, Sr. officiating. Interment will follow in the Coolidge Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-7 p.m., Thursday, at the funeral home. Billy was born January 25, 1934 in Mexia, Texas to Fred and Anne Dezell Spruiell. He was a carpenter and a retiree of the Mexia State School Maintenance Department. Billy served his country in the U. S. Army. He was a member of the Mexia VFW Lancaster Post 4694. Billy was very outgoing; he never met a stranger. His love for his family and friends was evident in his life. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Wanda Gilmore Spruiell; son, Benjamin Spruiell. Billy is survived by three children, Tami O'Donnell, Robin Adams and husband, Sonny and Scott Spruiell and wife, Paula; step-son, Kyle Gilmore; grandchildren, Candice Baker, Nathan, Herman and Jennifer Griffith, Michael, Steven and Jeffery McGee; great granddaughter, Allison McGee; sister, Bette Gupton; brother, Tim Spruiell; and cousin, Jim Purser. Pallbearers will be Don Johanson, Junior Fisher, Paul Youngblood, Gary Talbot, Jan Harrison, Bert Lynn Harrison and Joe Teel.
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