Billy B. Speer, age 92, of Farmersville Road, Summerville, Georgia passed away early Sunday morning, February 17, 2019, in a local nursing home.
A native of Chattooga County, he was a son of the late Robert Sterling, Sr. and Annie Ruth Williams Speer, and was born on Dec. 24, 1926. Mr. Speer was a member of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, a veteran of the U. S. Army, and retired rural mail carrier for the U. S. Postal Service with forty-two years of service. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by siblings, Mildred Allen, Martha Hunter, Robert S. Speer, Jr., and Joe Speer.
Surviving are brother, Jerry and Shirley Speer; sister-in-law, Martha Sue Speer; brother-in-law, Jim Hunter; and nephew, Clint and Kristie Hunter.
Funeral services will be held Monday, Feb. 18, with Rev. Jimmy Bryant officiating, interment in Greenhills Memory Garden. Active pallbearers will be Clint Hunter, John Hunter, David Young, Danny McGraw, Jeff Owings, Jimmy Barron; honorary pallbearers will be Leo Lanier, William Mitchell, William Crouch, Charlie Lowry, Harold Williams, Paul Hosmer, Sam Jones, Johnny Shahan, Jim Shahan, Martha Cooper, Helen Southerland, Mary Brown, Hoyt Williams, Frank Ward, and the Adult Sunday School Class of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
Visitation will be Monday, Feb. 18, from 1-3 p.m. at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church c/o Pam Hunter, 204 Congress Street, Summervile, Georgia—30747.
Earle Rainwater Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.