Billy Ray Deese

LANCASTER, SC. MR. BILLY RAY DEESE AGE 89 DIED WEDNESDAY AUGUST 10, 2016 AT WHITE OAK MANOR. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE 11 A.M. SATURDAY MORNING AT GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BY REV MARTY SIMMONS, ENTOMBMENT WILL BE AT THE LANCASTER MEMORIAL PARK MAUSOLEUM WITH MILITARY HONORS. THE VISITATION WILL BE FROM 10 TO 11 AM BEFORE SERVICES. HE WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 27, 1926 IN LANCASTER COUNTY A SON OF THE LATE LEVI DEESE AND LOU ELLA PARDUE DEESE AND WAS MARRIED TO THE LATE ETHEL SMITH DEESE. BILLY RAY RETIRED FROM SPRINGS INDUSTRIES AS A LOOM FIXER. HE WAS A MEMBER OF GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. HE SERVED OUR GREAT COUNTRY IN THE US NAVY DURING WORLD WAR II. HE FOUGHT IN FIVE MAJOR BATTLES, WHICH INCLUDED OMAHA BEACH ON D-DAY AND HIS SHIP WAS SUNK BY THE JAPANEESE AT THE BATTLEFORTHE ISLAND OFOKINAWA FOR WHICH HE RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL. MR. DEESE IS SURVIVED BY ONE SON, DON DEESE AND WIFE DEBBIE OF LANCASTER, TWO DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW BARBARA ROBINSON AND MAUDE ROBINSON, TWO SISTERS, VERA WRIGHT OF LANCASTER AND JUDY ROBERTS AND HUSBAND DICK OF FLORIDA, 5 GRANDCHILDREN TERRY ROBINSON, HEATHER ROBINSON, NICOLE CANADY, JILL NEWMAN AND HUSBAND RANDY NEWMAN, AND MICHAEL DEESE, 6GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN LUKE MARCHAND, J.W. BENFIELD, MASON DEESE, ALEXANDER AND BROOKLYN NEWMAN, AND LOLA CANADY; HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY 2 SONS CHARLES JERRY ROBINSON AND RONNY ROBINSON, 1 GRANDCHILD SUSAN BUNDY AND 2 SISTERS EMMA HUFFSTICKLER AND GUYNELL DEESE. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS MAY BE SENT TO THEUSS EMMONS ASSOCIATION 4033 PINE HURST DRIVE, NORTHAMPTON, PA 18067.THE JERRY HARTLEY FUNERAL HOME 684 HUBBARD DRIVE 285-8000 IS TAKING CARE OF BILLY RAYAND HIS FAMILY. .