Billy B. Weaver

Billy Boyce Weaver, 69, of Florence, Ala., passed away Sunday, July 4, 2010, at UAB Hospital.
Mr. Weaver was a 1959 graduate of Mars Hill Bible School, where he was elected Mr. Mars Hill. During high school, he also was class president, basketball and track letterman, student council president, most athletic his junior year and basketball co-captain. He then attended David Libscomb College for one year before he was drafted by the Pittsburg Pirates, where he played for three seasons. He later graduated from LSU Banking School and worked in the banking business for 36 years. He retired as the president of Colonial Bank, Florence, Ala. He was a former member of the down town Lions Club, member of Cross Point Church of Christ, avid golfer and a member of Turtle Point Golf and Country Club. Most of all he will be remembered as a loving husband, devoted father and a proud grandfather.
Visitation will be 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at Cross Point Church of Christ. The funeral service will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 7, 2010, at Cross Point Church of Christ, with Frank Mills officiating. The eulogy will be given by Nicky Hobbs III. Burial will follow in Walston Cemetery.
He was preceded in death by his parents; Ercie and Lemma Weaver; his first wife, Diana Rice Weaver; brother, Beakley Weaver; sisters, Dell Powers and June Killen.
Survivors include his wife; Gail McMurtrey Weaver, of Florence; son, Richard Allen Weaver, of Florence; stepsons, Nicky Hobbs III, of Birmingham, Eric Miles, of Florence, and Dan Miles, of Atlanta, Ga.; sister, Ann Ligon, of Florence; brother, J.D. Weaver, of Florence; grandchildren, Hayley, Hannah, Hillary, Holly, Hudson, Harrison and Holden Hobbs, Elizabeth, Andrew, Ana and Rainer Bibb Miles; and father and mother-in-law, Miley and Louise McMurtrey.
Pallbearers will be Winston Biggs, Dick Harrison, Gerald Clark, Ellis Coats, David Willingham and Tim Roberson. Honorary pallbearers will be J.D. Weaver, Buford Clanton and Randy McMurtrey.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Cross Point Church of Christ.
Arrangements by Greenview Funeral Home.