Billie Ruth Baum

Graveside services for Billie Ruth Baum will be held December 29, 2025, at 10am at the Garden of Memories in Winnfield, Louisiana, with Bro. Dick DeBusk officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia, Louisiana.

Billie was born December 12, 1934, in Winnfield, Louisiana to the union of Ocie O. Warner and Audie Waller Warner and passed from this life December 27, 2025, peacefully at her daughter’s home in Columbia, Louisiana.

Billie was a devoted Christian, wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend. She loved her nieces and nephews with all of her heart. Billie was married for 62 years to the love of her life, Carl. She and Carl traveled in their 5th wheel all over the United States for 30 years with their little dog, Bandi. She loved tending to her flowers and lived life to the fullest.

Billie was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Carl, two sons, Steven and Mark, sisters Elaine DeBusk and Nelda Stephens, and brothers: Olian, Sunny, and Morgan.

Those left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Carla Hendrix (Gunny); grandsons, Brandon Spangler and Waylon Hendrix; great-grandson, Brayden Spangler (Mary); and her special care -giving granddaughter-in-law, Danna Spangler.