Billie Jo Stephenson

SERVICES: 2:00 PM Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003, at the First Baptist Church in Skellytown, with Rev. Fines Marchman, pastor, officiating.BURIAL: Memory Gardens Cemetery in Pampa under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mrs. Stephenson was born July 8, 1931 in Shamrock to Bernard and Myrtle Willoughby. She was a 1950 graduate of Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado. She married Billy Joe Stephenson on Aug. 30, 1952 in Denver, Colorado. Mrs. Stephenson had been a resident of Skellytown since 1963. She was a homemaker and a devoted wife and mother. She was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Skellytown. She was preceded in death by 2 sons, David and Randy Stephenson, by a sister, Jeanette Griffin, and by her parents.SURVIVORS: Husband: Billy Joe Stephenson of the home; 1 daughter: Lynda Truelove of The Colony; 1 son: Danny Stephenson of Florence, Colorado; 1 sister: June Bunn of Amarillo; 1 brother: Briggs Willoughby of Oak Harbor, Washington; 6 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.MEMORIALS: First Baptist Church of Skellytown, P. O. Box 176, Skellytown, TX 79080.