Billingsley obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana 

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Billingsley, Judith Marie Sharkey      18 May 2004  Jun 2004  Jerry Nelson
Billingsley, Madge Bigner              26 Nov 2006  Dec 2006  Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  5/18/2004

BILLINGSLEY, JUDITH MARIE SHARKEY 
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 19, 2004, at 
Delhomme Funeral Home, Chapel of the Flowers, 1011 Bertrand Drive, 
Lafayette, for Judith Marie Sharkey Billingsley. She joined our Lord and 
Savior on Saturday, May 15, 2004, at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical 
Center after courageously battling a protracted and debilitating illness. 
The Rev. Perry Sanders, pastor of First Baptist Church of Lafayette, will 
conduct the funeral service. The family requests visiting hours be observed 
on Tuesday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and from 9 a.m. until service Wednesday. 
Graveside service at 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 19, 2004, at the Sharkey Family 
Cemetery in Amite. Dear Lord, we thank you for the precious gift you shared 
with us these 34 years and take comfort in knowing she is in your loving 
arms. Amen. Survivors include her loving husband, Jeffrey Billingsley of 
Independence; her cherished mother, Madge Cline Sharkey of Lafayette; 
mother-in-law and father-in-law, Charles and Nelda Billingsley of 
Independence; a brother, Kenneth Cline of Houston; two sisters, Carmen 
Sharkey of McKinney, Texas, and Donna Baker-Wright and husband Anthony of 
The Woodlands, Texas; a niece, Casey Baker; a nephew, Noah Wright; and 
paternal grandmother, Thelma Sharkey of Baton Rouge. She is also survived 
by an extended caring family throughout the Acadiana and Baton Rouge areas. 
She was preceded in death by her beloved father, Frank Thomas Sharkey; and 
her dear grandmother, Martha Lee Carmichael. Pallbearers will be Kenneth 
Cline, Mike Jeyusi, Ted Carmichael, Anthony Wright, Parrish Cline and Ken 
Arendt. Honorary pallbearers are Robert Cline, Edgar Cline, Oliver 
Carmichael and Earl Sharkey. 

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  11/26/2006

BILLINGSLEY, MADGE BIGNER 
Madge Bigner Billingsley, a homemaker and a resident of Hammond, died
Thursday, Nov. 23, 2006, in North Oaks Medical Center. She was 76 years
old, born Tuesday, Feb. 25, 1930, in Hammond, daughter of the late Otto
Morris Bigner and Evie Eunice Coates. She was a member of Eastern Star and
Woodland Park Baptist Church. Surviving are two sisters, June B. Calkins of
Pearl River and Linda B. Hutchinson of Springfield; a son-in-law, Larry
Fannaly; two brothers-in-law, Richard Calkins and Roy Hutchinson; two
grandsons, Kirt Koerin of Huntington Beach, Calif., and John B. Smith III
of Hammond; granddaughter-in-law, Anne Marie Koerin of Huntington Beach;
two great-grandchildren, Colin and Brendan Koerin; as well as many nieces,
nephews and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, James E.
Billingsley; daughter, Stephony B. "Stephi" Fannaly; brother, Emmett
Bigner; and a sister, Azelie Rust. Friends will be received at the Harry
McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Hammond, on Sunday, Nov. 26, from 6 p.m. to 
9 p.m. Visitation will continue at the funeral home on Monday, Nov. 27,
from 9 a.m. until service at 10 a.m., officiated by the Rev. Pete
Charpentier and Rev. Randy Ray. Interment will follow in the Jerusalem
Baptist Church Cemetery, Pumpkin Center. E-mail condolences to
kkoerin@aol.com. 

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