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MR. BILLY RAY ARENDER
Jun. 13, 1929 -
Jan. 30, 2010
Cox Funeral Home
Oak Grove, Louisiana
TALLULAH, LA -- Funeral services for Mr. Billy Ray Arender, age 80, of Tallulah, Louisiana will be held at 2PM on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at First Baptist Church in Tallulah, Louisiana.
Reverend John Rushing will officiate.
Interment will follow in the Beulah Cemetery in the Beulah Community near Oak Grove, Louisiana.
Services are under the direction of Cox Funeral Home of Oak Grove.
Mr. Arender died Saturday, January 30, 2010 at the Glenwood Regional Medical Center in West Monroe, Louisiana.
Mr. Arender was a seventy year veteran of agri-business. He received the Lifetime Agriculture Achievement Award for Madison Parish in 2006.
He is preceded in death by a granddaughter, Jill Whitaker; his father, Homer Simpson Arender; his mother, Mary Ella Myers Arender; brother, James Howard Arender; and 4 sisters: Ulma Clement, Irene Piper, Mattie Dee Williamson, and Myrtis Williams.
He is survived by his wife, LaShara Arender of Tallulah, Louisiana; son, Shea Arender of Jackson, Mississippi; daughter and son-in-law, Cynthia and Maurice Machen of Tallulah; daughter and son-in-law, Tammi Arender-Herring and Craig Herring of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; step son and his wife, Byron and Kathy Barrett of Jackson, Mississippi; step son and his wife, Chad and Jonnita Barrett of Clinton, Mississippi; step son, Dr. Stan Wilkins of Plain Dealing, Louisiana; brother and sister-in-law, Donald Wayne and Juaraline Arender of Tallulah; sister and brother-in-law, Shirley and Gilbert Baker of Wiggins, Mississippi; 12 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.
Pallbearers are: Dalton Fortenberry, Sam Hill, Ronnie Kennedy, John Hopkins, Malcolm Bishop, Donald Collins, Wayne Hopkins, and Johnny Cooper.
Honorary Pallbearers are: Charlie Hopkins, Herbert Jones, Kenneth Richmond, and Pete Norris.
Family will receive friends on Monday from 6 to 8PM at First Baptist Church in Tallulah.