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Billy Joe Silcox

November 5, 1943 — June 26, 2020

Billy Joe Silcox passed away peacefully June 27, 2020 at his home in Whittier, CA. He was born November 5, 1943 in Nashville, Tennessee to Robert and Lena Silcox. He was a Christian and a Veteran of the United States Navy. Billy loved the Navy and joined straight out of high school in 1961. The Navy reared him, it nurtured him, and it gave some of the most satisfying years of his life.



Billy is survived by his wife, Sophia Subayar-Silcox; daughter, Christie and husband, Barkley Hughes; son, Billy Joe II and wife, Lisa Silcox; sisters, Frances Smiley and Judy Capps; brother, Steve Silcox; grandchildren, Dominic Rivera, Jazmen Hughes, Kayla Silcox, Joslyn Silcox and Miles Hughes; great grandchildren, Aleyna Rivera, Aidyn Rivera, Alexus Hughes, Jade Hughes, Hayden Hughes and Lila Hughes.



He is preceded in death by parents, James Robert and Lena Florence Silcox; sister, Ruth Silcox; brothers, Bobby, James, Henry and Tommy Silcox and great grandchild, Aubrielle Rivera.



Services are scheduled for 11 AM Saturday July 11, 2020 at Gilbert Funeral Home in Marion, KY with interment in Hurricane Cemetery. The family will receive visitors from 10 AM until service time at the funeral home.

Military Rites will be given at the cemetery on Saturday.
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