Ret. Lt. Col. Billy Lee Ralston, 87, of Southwest City, Missouri, departed this life on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at Clarity Pointe in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Bill entered this life on May 7, 1930, in Southwest City, Missouri, the only child born to the late Denver and Juanita (Pendleton) Ralston. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma, receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in business. On September 7, 1951, he was united in marriage to Phyllis J. Noftsger. Bill faithfully served his country in the United States Air Force during Korea and Vietnam, retiring on July 1, 1972, after twenty-one years of dedicated service. After his honorable discharge, he and Phyllis moved to Southwest City. He worked for Hudson Foods as a personnel manager and was a counselor for House of Hope in Grove, Oklahoma and Tyson Foods in Noel. Bill retired a second time at the age of eighty-two. He was an AA sponsor and a certified drug and alcohol counselor. He enjoyed sports cars, fishing, hunting and caring for his animals.
Bill was preceded in death by his parents and his beloved wife of sixty-one years, Phyllis Ralston on February 12, 2013.
Bill is survived by his four children, Holly Brown and husband, Bob, of Omaha, Nebraska, Kurtis Ralston of Dayton, Texas, Karl Ralston and wife, Terri, of Bella Vista, Arkansas and Kyle Ralston of Lawrence, Kansas; six grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.
Funeral services with full military honors will be held on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. in the Anderson Chapel of the Ozark Funeral Homes with Pastors Richard and Linda Hart officiating. The family will receive friends on Tuesday at 12:00 noon in the funeral home chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorials are being directed to the Southwest City Cemetery Care Fund or the Humane Society c/o the funeral home. On-line condolences may be sent to the family through our website www.ozarkfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of the Ozark Funeral Home in Anderson, Missouri.
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