Extracted from The Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, TX)
Friday, January 2, 2009

Billy Jack Conatser

Billy Jack Conatser, 78, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008.

Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church of Kennedale. Interment: Emerald Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Greenwood Funeral Home.

Memorials: In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Kennedale, 229 W. 4th St., Kennedale, Texas 76060.

Jack was born Jan. 9, 1930, in Erath County. He retired from Texas Electric Service Company in 1981. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Kennedale and served on the Kennedale ISD School Board and was an avid amateur radio operator. Jack was a committed community member helping those in need.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Doris, in 2000; three brothers; and his parents.

Survivors: Daughters, Connie McSpadden and husband, Paul, of Richardson, Kay Lyon of Kennedale and Phyllis Stewart and husband, Buz, of Arlington; grandchildren, John and James McSpadden, Cristyn and Nicole Lyon, Trisha Loter; great-granddaughter, Brevyn Lyon; sisters, Ruth Robinson and Mary Jo Sheppard; brothers, Otis, Jimmy and Bobby Conatser; and numerous nieces and nephews.