AMARILLO (Special) Services for Billy Acton Jr., 45, of Amarillo will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors Ivy Chapel with Steve Cairns of San Antonio officiating.
Private burial will be in Llano Cemetery.
He died Thursday, Feb. 17, 2000.
He was born in Amarillo and lived there many years until moving to Hereford three years ago. He was a caseworker for the Texas Workforce Commission. Previously, he had worked for Southwestern Public Service Company at the Nichols station for 11 years.
He graduated from Tascosa High School in 1972. He was active with the Make-A-Wish Foundation and was a member of the Elks Lodge in Hereford. He was a Christian.
Survivors include a son, B.D. Acton Ware of Amarillo; a daughter, Lizzie Acton Ware of Amarillo; his parents, Kathryn and Bill Acton Sr. of Hereford; a brother, Barry Acton of Amarillo; two sisters, Lorraine "Tootsie" Sandoval of Hereford and Cindy Acton of Lubbock; and two grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to the Billy Acton Jr. Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 19065 Amarillo 79110.
