Richard Bills

Richard Bills EARTH-Graveside service for Richard Bills, age 74, of Dimmitt, Texas, is scheduled for 11 a.m. Jan. 22, 2014, in Earth Memorial Cemetery in Earth, Texas, with Charlie Johnson of Earth officiating. Richard died Jan. 20, 2014, in Dimmitt. He was born Oct. 23, 1939, to R.V. and Bessie Bills in Portales, N.M. He married Sharron Martin in Clovis, N.M., on Jan. 19, 1996. Richard moved to Dimmitt from Lazbuddie in 2004. He was a farmer and a crop insurance adjuster. He was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his wife, Sharron; sons, Randy Bills and his wife, Joyce of Earth, Texas and Wade Angeley and his wife, Cassie of Muleshoe, Texas; daughters, Elaine Brownd and her husband, Dickie of Earth, Texas, and Amy McKinnon and her husband Jeff of Lubbock, Texas; brother, Larry Bills of Georgetown, Texas; 13 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Memorials can be made to Earth Volunteer Fire Department, PO Box 274, Earth, TX 79031. Online condolences may be made at www.ellisfuneralhomes.com.