Billy Joe Chunn

Funeral services for Billy Joe Chunn, 81, of Mer Rouge, LA were held at 10:00 AM, Monday, July 17, 2017 at the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, Rayville, LA with Elder Alan Eppinette, Rev. Tommy Simpkins, and Bro. Heath Eppinette officiating. Interment followed in the Oak Ridge Baptist Cemetery, Oak Ridge, LA under the direction of Brown-Holley Funeral Home, Rayville. Mr. Billy was born August 17, 1935 in Oak Ridge, LA and passed away Saturday, July 15, 2017 in Monroe, LA. Mr. Billy was a member of the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, Rayville, LA. He is preceded in death by his wife of 48 years, Amaryllis Forrest Chunn; parents, Albert and Lexie Bea Chunn; brother, James Albert Chunn; and sister, Betty Jean Goyne. Survivors include his wife, Wilma Olivo; daughters, Becky Thomas and husband, Steve of West Monroe and Fran Eppinette and husband, Heath of Sterlington; stepsons, Billy Olivo and wife, Sue, Charles Olivo, Kenneth Olivo and wife, Vickie, Donald Olivo and wife, Linda, and Mike Olivo and wife, Tina and their families; grandsons, Chad Thomas and wife, Heather, Brandon Eppinette and wife, Jennifer, Blake Thomas and wife, Laura, and Brian Eppinette and wife, Morgan; great grandchildren, Michaela Thomas, Weston Eppinette, Vivienne Eppinette, Amelia Grace Thomas, and Sawyer Elizabeth Eppinette; sisters, Shirley Wallace and husband, Kenneth, Delores Watson, Rosemary Harper and husband, Ronnie, and Phyllis Butler and husband, Tommy Ray; and his brother, Victor Ray Chunn and wife, Reba. Pallbearers are Chad Thomas, Brandon Eppinette, Blake Thomas, Brian Eppinette, and friends, James Marble, Ronnie Harper, and Don Evans. Honorary pallbearers are Mike Olivo, Donald Olivo, Kenneth Olivo, Charles Olivo, and Carlton Olivo