Billie S. Nance

Billie S. Nance obituary, Hampton, AR

Billie S. Nance

Billie Nance Obituary

Visit the Benton Funeral Home - Fordyce website to view the full obituary.
Billie S. Nance, age 93 of Bearden passed away Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at the Dallas County Medical Center in Fordyce. She was born Feb 27, 1932 in Calhoun County, Arkansas. She retired from General Dynamics and was a longtime member of Bearden First Assembly of God Church. She is preceded in death by her parents, Robert Douglas Chambliss and Annie Inez Yeager Chambliss, husband, Allen Nance; two sons, Ronnie and Ricky Nance; daughter, Rebekah Nance; daughter-in-law, Marilyn Sue Nance; one great grandchild, Hayliegh Jade Evans; five sisters and two brothers. Billie is survived by one son, Randy (Deborah) Nance of Bearden; one daughter, Vicki (Randy) Hopkins of Evansville, IN; one daughter-in-law, Susan Nance of Bearden; fourteen grandchildren, twenty-two great-grandchildren, eleven great-great-grandchildren, and one great-great-great-grandchild.
Visitation will be 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Friday at Bearden First Assembly of God Church in Bearden. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. at the church with Rev. Randy Hopkins and Doug Nance officiating. Burial at Bethel Cemetery. Arrangements by Benton Funeral Home of Fordyce. To sign the online register visit www.bentonfuneralhome.net.

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Benton Funeral Home - Fordyce

501 West 4th Street, Fordyce, AR 71742

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