Courtesy of Shelby County Today located at www.shelbycountytoday.com

10/30/08

Carlos Byron Billingsley: Funeral services for Carlos Byron Billingsley, age 72, of Timpson, Texas will be at 2 PM, Friday, October 31, 2008, in Taylor Funeral Home Chapel, Timpson, with Bro. Dwayne Sowell officiating. Interment will follow in Shady Grove Cemetery, Timpson. Mr. Billingsley passed away October 30, 2008, surrounded by his family at his home in Timpson.

Born March 1, 1936, in Timpson, Carlos Byron Billingsley was the son of the late James Robert and Zella (Ramsey) Billingsley. He and Gwen hudson were married in the Wedgeworth Community of Shelby County on May 14, 1956. Byron worked as a mechanic for Brown & Root, Southern Pacific Railroad and CAPCO. He was a member of Timpson Church of Christ and trustee for Shady Grove Cemetery.

Survivors include his wife Gwen Hudson Billingsley of Timpson; daughter Beth Andrews and husband Pete of Timpson; sister Nina Ruth Hughes of Center, Texas; 2 grandchildren: Dana and Kylie Andrews of Timpson. In addition to his parents, Byron was preceded in death by his brother, Kenny Billinglsey.

Byron was one of the best mechanics around and would have made a fine engineer.  He worked in the oil industry but kept half of Timpson's diesel equipment running along with their cars.  He was an avid fisherman and his sister Nina Ruth would go frequently with him.  His dad Robert owned the Gulf Station up town where the fire dept now sits in the 50's until they changed 59 and by passed uptown
Wendell Paul Amos-Class of 1954-January 9, 2011