Billy B. McGlasson

A Masonic Service will be conducted at 9:30 a.m. with Funeral Services following at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, April 20, 2019 at Community United Methodist Church in Columbia, MO. An additional service will be conducted at 3:00 p.m. later that day at Airsman- Hires Funeral Home, 107 East Cross Street, Winchester, IL 62694. Burial with full military honors will follow in Bowers Cemetery, Alsey, IL.

Billy was born in Alsey, Illinois on May 23, 1923 the son of the late Jess McGlasson and Edith Hoots McGlasson. He proudly served his country in the US Army during World War II. On October 10, 1947 he was united in marriage to Wanda Marine McGlasson who preceded him in passing. Living in Columbia most of his life, Billy worked in construction first with McGlasson Brothers Construction Company which he owned with his brothers and then as a Union Carpenter. He built the sundial as well as other stone pieces in Shelter Gardens, the Firestone Baars Chapel on the Stephen’s College campus, the Parkade Plaza, several buildings on the University of Missouri/Columbia campus as well as numerous other buildings throughout central Missouri. He was a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, being initiated at the George Washington Lodge #9 in St Louis MO on April 11, 1955 and was made a Master Mason in June of the same year. Billy enjoyed music and in his younger years sang with his 3 brothers. He and Wanda belonged to the Saturday Nighters dance club for many years, dancing to the sounds of Big Bands and Swing. He was an ardent supporter of Mizzou football and basketball traveling to away games as far away as Hawaii to cheer them on. He was also a lifelong fan of the St. Louis Cardinals.

Billy leaves behind numerous nieces and nephews and their children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, his siblings, Ronald, Paul, Pauline, Boyd, and Betty; a daughter, Julie Gay McGlasson and a niece, Melissa McGlasson.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to The Masonic Home of Missouri and Alsey Baptist Church in Alsey, Illinois.