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Billy Lee Sowards

1947 - 2025

BORN

1947

DIED

2025

Billy Sowards Obituary

Billy Lee Sowards, born Jan. 24, 1947, died Oct. 10, 2025, from natural causes. He is survived by his wife Deborah Sowards; two sisters; four children and stepchildren and their wives; six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. The service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, at Mt.Gilead Methodist Church in Bolivar.

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Published by Bolivar Herald-Free Press from Oct. 21 to Oct. 22, 2025.

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