Billy Matthews
February 28, 1948 — July 26, 2010
GRAVESIDE SERVICES FOR RETIRED SFC. BILLY RAY MATTHEWS, 62 OF COPPERAS COVE ARE SCHEDULED FOR 11:00A.M., THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2010 AT THE CENTRAL TEXAS STATE VETERANS CEMETERY WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS. MR. MATTHEWS PASSED AWAY JULY 26, 2010 AT SCOTT & WHITE IN TEMPLE. HE WAS BORN FEBRUARY 28, 1948 IN BOGALUSA, LOUISIANA TO THE UNION OF PORTER MATTHEWS AND CATHERINE BROOKS MATTHEWS. HE MARRIED DANNIE LEE ADDISON MAILHOS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1975 IN COVINGTON, LOUISIANA. SHE PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH ON APRIL 17, 2009. HE WAS A TRUCK DRIVER FOR J.B. HUNT AND KLLM TRUCKING INDUSTRY. HE WAS RETIRED FROM THE UNITED STATES ARMY. HIS MEDALS INCLUDED: ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL,W/SILVER, 1 LOOP, NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL (KOREA), VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL W/2 SILVER AND 4 BRONZE SERVICE STARS. NCO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RIBBON (NUMERAL 2), ARMY SERVICE RIBBON, OVERSEAS SERVICE RIBBON (NUMERAL 2), REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM, CAMPAIGN MEDAL, MERITORIOUS UNIT COMMENDATION, REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM GALLANTRY CROSS UNIT CITATION BADGE WITH PALM, AND EXPERT BADGE (RIFLE). LOVING FAMILY DAUGHTER, ALECIA A. AND HER HUSBAND SHANNON JOHNSON OF ABITA SPRINGS, LOUISIANA DAUGHTER, MARGARET "CINDY" AND HER HUSBAND KEITH McLAIN OF COVINGTON, LOUISIANA SON, KENNETH D. AND HIS WIFE MELINDA MAILHOS OF ENON, LOUISIANA SON, ERWIN E. MAILHOS OF COVINGTON, LOUISIANA STEP-BROTHER, JIMMY TONEY OF LOUISIANA FOUR GRANDCHILDREN, SAMANTHA MAILHOS BREAUX, LEO MAILHOS, KAYLA McLAIN, AND ALLISON McLAIN. THREE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, SETH POLKEY, FALLON POLKEY, AND BLAIR POLKEY. MOTHER-IN-LAW, EUGENIA ADDISON OF COVINGTON, LOUISIANA NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, AUNTS AND UNCLES. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE DANNIE LEE MATTHEWS, AND HIS PARENTS.