Willa Jean (Billie) Turley, went to be with the Lord at age 97 on Feb. 2, 2026. She was born June 18, 19, to the late Forrest and Ella Bell Erwin in Nashville, Ark.
Billie graduated from Nashville High School in 1946. She was a devoted follower of Christ and trusted Him after hearing a sermon on Matthew 25 about the parable of the 10 virgins. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Nashville, Ark., where she attended the Mary Martha Sunday School class.
Billie loved to make jam and jelly out of every kind of fruit and berries. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She retired from Montgomery Ward in Houston, Texas, in 1989 and then she and her husband, Loy, moved to their home town in Nashville, Ark.
Billie was preceded in death by her husband Loy of 64 years; her parent, Forrest and Ella Bell Erwin; brothers Survetus, Carlis, Hollis, Hoyle, Edwin, Charles and Rudy; sisters Lovena Carter, Edna Carter Ross and Estha Rasco.
Survivors include: her daughter Cindy and Loren Benson; son Alan and Angie Turley; five grandchildren, Chad and Megan Turley, Kellie and Blake Boenig, Kristin and John Bate, Megan and Chris Stevens and Brandon Benson;10 great-grandchildren, Macks, Reed, and Cole Turley; Sutton and Brynlie Boenig; Ethan, Owen and Logan Bate; Phineas and Tobias Stevens and numerous nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Operation Christmas Child, PO Box 339, First Baptist Church, Nashville, AR 71852
Funeral Services will be 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 7, at Latimer Funeral Home in Nashville with her son-in-law Loren Benson officiating. Under the direction of Latimer Funeral Home in Nashville.
