Billy Ray Weatherford

Billy Ray Weatherford born on November 11, 1934, in Repton, Alabama, departed this life on Saturday, October 12, 2013, to go Home and be with Jesus.He was preceded in death by his wife of fifty-four years, Kay Lewis Weatherford. He is survived by his wife Naomi G. Weatherford as well as his sister and brother-in-law Don and Shelba Jensen of Maui, Hawaii. He is also survived by his four children as follows: Daughter Cherilyn Weatherford Kent, and her husband Richard of Houston, TX, Son Philip Weatherford, and his wife Patricia of Montgomery, AL, Son Alan Weatherford, and his wife Sherry of Mobile, AL, Daughter Deanna Weatherford Harris, and her husband Kenneth of Saraland, AL. Dad was blessed with nine grandchildren Michael Weatherford, Holly Weatherford Harris, Jonathan Harris, Whitney Weatherford Daugette, Timothy Holder, Bryan Harris, Joshua Weatherford, Jessica Harris, and Sarah Harris. He was also blessed with nine great-grandchildren Caleb, Ashlyn, Emma, Kyleigh, Eli, Logan, Ella Katherine, Colin, and Rory; many nieces, nephews and other relatives. We will miss you in what time remains for us in this life and we look forward to being with you and Mom in Heaven. In lieu of flowers and to honor dad's wishes, the family requests donations be made to either The Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) Program (with checks payable to UAB), Attn: Meredith Husnik, Development Office, 1720 2nd Avenue South, BDB 479, Birmingham, AL 35294-0012; or Springhill Home Health and Hospice, 22 N. Mobile Street, Mobile, Al 36607. Funeral services will be Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 2 p.m. from the chapel of Radney Funeral Home in Saraland. The family will receive friends at the funeral home beginning at 12 p.m. prior to services. Interment will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens.