BILLIE JEAN MCGAUGHEY, 92, SURROUNDED BY HER LOVING FAMILY, WENT PEACEFULLY TO BE WITH THE LORD ON MAY 12, 2022. BILLIE WAS BORN IN BEATTYVILLE, KENTUCKY ON APRIL 20, 1930, TO TIMOTHY AND LILLIE JOHNSON. LIVING IN A SMALL COMMUNITY DURING THE DEPRESSION HELPED FORM IMPORTANT LESSONS THAT SHAPED THE WAY SHE VIEWED AND LIVED LIFE, LEARNING FROM AN EARLY AGE WHAT IS TRULY VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT. SHE DID HER BEST TO PASS THESE LESSONS ON TO HER FAMILY. MOM TAUGHT US, FAMILY IS IMPORTANT, HARD WORK IS HONORABLE, HAVING LOVE AND PEACE IS MORE VALUABLE THAN RICHES AND WORLDLY SUCCESS, TAKING TIME FOR OTHERS IS IMPORTANT, MORE GOOD THINGS THAN WE CAN LIST HERE. MOM MOVED TO DAYTON, OHIO WHEN SHE WAS 10 YEARS OLD. AT AGE 14 SHE STARTED WORKING AT NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY WHERE THEY MADE ICE CREAM CONES. THIS TURNED OUT TO BE A VERY IMPORTANT JOB, BECAUSE IT WAS HERE SHE MET A HANDSOME MAN WHO WOULD BECOME THE ONE SHE WOULD SPEND HER WHOLE LIFE LOVING. ON FEBRUARY 7, 1946 SHE MARRIED BILLIE MCGAUGHEY, THE LOVE OF HER LIFE FOR 76 YEARS. WHAT A WONDERFUL LIFE THEY SHARED TOGETHER !! THEIR MARRIAGE WAS TRULY ONE THAT HONORED GOD AND HELPED OTHERS SEE COMMITMENT, FAITHFULNESS, COMPROMISE, AND FORGIVING MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN A MARRIAGE. GOD BLESSED THEIR MARRIAGE WITH 6 CHILDREN WHO WERE THE JOY OF THEIR HEARTS.MOM LOVED US, CARED FOR US, HELPED US, FORGAVE OUR FAILURES, AND ENCOURAGED US ON. MOM LOVED BEING A HOMEMAKER. KEEPING A CLEAN HOME, COOKING GREAT MEALS. THERE WERE SO MANY FAVORITE DISHES BUT MEATLOAF, DRESSING, STRAWBERRY CAKE, AND CHIP DIP WERE SOME OF THE FAVORITES WE ALL ENJOYED ! MOM NOT ONLY COOKED FOR HER FAMILY BUT WAS HEAD COOK AT HER CHURCH’S YOUTH CAMP AND ALSO AT THEIR CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. MOM LIKED CROCHETING AND MADE MANY AFGHANS THAT SHE KINDLY GAVE TO OTHERS. SHE AND DAD MOVED TO PENSACOLA AFTER DAD’S RETIREMENT ENJOYING MORE TIME TOGETHER. MOM LOVED AND ENJOYED MANY THINGS BUT HER GREATEST JOYS WERE GOD AND HER FAMILY. IN 1963 MOM RECEIVED JESUS CHRIST AS HER PERSONAL SAVIOUR AND LOVED AND SERVED GOD THE REST OF HER LIFE. SHE LOVED CHURCH, READING HER BIBLE, AND PRAYER. THROUGH HER EXAMPLE SHE HAS SHOWN US THE BEST THING WE CAN DO WITH OUR LIFE IS TO LIVE IT FOR GOD ! MOM WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, STEP FATHER, TWO BROTHERS, A SISTER, HER PRECIOUS DAUGHTER BETTY WRIGHT, AND TWO PRECIOUS GRANDCHILDREN – WILLIAM BRADFORD WRIGHT AND LAUREN NICOLE TAYLOR. THOSE LEFT TO CHERISH HER MEMORY ARE HER SONS, JAMES MCGAUGHEY, SR.(SHEILA), BILL MCGAUGHEY, JR., SAM MCGAUGHEY, HER DAUGHTERS, JUDY TIPTON, DIANE TAYLOR, AND SON-IN-LAW BILL WRIGHT. 9 GRANDCHILDREN, 17 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 2 GREAT-GREAT- GRANDCHILDREN, AND MANY PRECIOUS FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS. TO THOSE WHO HELD MOM UP IN PRAYER, SENT CARDS, AND SHOWED KINDNESS, THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS. WE WOULD LIKE TO ESPECIALLY THANK THE KIND AND CARING DRS, NURSES, AND STAFF OF SACRED HEART HOSPITAL AND OF COVENANT CARE HOSPICE. THE LOVE AND CARE YOU PROVIDED TO OUR MOM AND TO OUR FAMILY TRULY MADE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE. PRIVATE GRAVESIDE SERVICES FOR FAMILY ONLY WILL BE HELD AT BARRANCAS NATIONAL CEMETERY. SERVING AS PALL BEARERS WILL BE, BILL MCGAUGHEY, JR., SAM MCGAUGHEY, JEFF MCGAUGHEY, JERRY MCGAUGHEY, CHAD HARRELL, AND BILL WRIGHT. ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND, IS INVITED TO A MEMORIAL SERVICE THAT WILL BE HELD AT 7:00PM, MAY 20, 2022, AT CHARITY BAPTIST CHURCH, 1675 WEST ROBERTS ROAD, CANTONMENT, FL. WITH HER SON, PASTOR JAMES MCGAUGHEY OFFICIATING. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIAL GIFTS MAY BE MADE TO CHARITY BAPTIST CHURCH. EASTERN GATE FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS. WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU, WE WILL MISS YOU, AND WE WILL SEE YOU SOON IN HEAVEN !!
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