Billie Mae Long, 52, of Pineville, Missouri, departed this life on Friday evening, July 5, 2019, in the comfort of her home after a courageous battle with cancer.
Billie was born on November 15, 1966, in Los Angeles, California. She moved with her family to Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of twelve. She graduated high school in Tulsa, Oklahoma and furthered her education at the Neosho Beauty College in Neosho, Missouri. Besides being a homemaker she was also a licensed cosmetologist. She enjoyed music and attending concerts, puzzles, fishing and going to the movies. She was a member of the Bentonville Nazarene Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Melvin and Judy Coy; and a daughter, Brittany Burggraaff.
Billie is survived by her two daughters, Alyssa Atwell Ray and husband, Haven, of Pineville, Missouri and Samantha Atwell of Jane, Missouri; three grandchildren, Keysten, Easton and Kaysen; five sisters, Lynnette Greer of Jane, Missouri, Tonya Jaeger of Salt Lake City, Utah, Paula Jones of Jane, Missouri, Mendy Coy of Bentonville, Arkansas and Jennifer Russell of Clinton, Indiana; two brothers, Curtis Beatty of Los Angeles and John Anderson of Jane; several nieces and nephews; as well as a host of other family and friends.
Funeral services for Billie are 10:00 a.m. Friday, July 19, 2019, in the Anderson Chapel of the Ozark Funeral Homes with Pastor Penny McCawley officiating. Burial will follow in the Jane Cemetery. Those honoring her life by serving as pallbearers are Haven Ray, Woodrow Frasher, Roy Bumstead, Blake Greer, Charles Atwell and John Anderson. The family will receive friends on Friday morning at 9:00 a.m. in the funeral home chapel. 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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