David “Mike” Michael Billups of Kansas City, Kansas passed away on November 6, 2020. He was 65 years old. A visitation will take place on Monday, November 9, 2020 from 10:00 – 11:00 am Emmanuel Family Church, 7101 Quivira Road, Shawnee, Kansas 66216. A funeral service will follow the visitation. After the funeral service, a graveside service will take place at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, 701 North 94th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66112.
Mike was born on April 1, 1955 to Stanley and Mary Billups in Kansas City Kansas. In his earlier years, Mike was a union painter for Childress Painting Co. With this experience, he then became a self-employed business owner of his own painting Company. Also during this time, he would use his talents to flip houses. Mike was always such a hard worker! Even with his painting company, he found the time to work a night job for 17 years as a newspaper carrier for the Kansas City Star. He only just retired from this job in 2015.
When he was younger, some of Mike’s hobbies included anything to do with traveling, boating, camping, and canoeing. He would love to bring new people to float down the river with him! He also would take his family on as many vacations as he could. Anyone that knew Mike knew that his grandchildren were his world and the love he had for his siblings was unbreakable. Mike was an amazing family man and would always do whatever he could to brighten someone’s day and make them smile.
Mike was preceded in death by his parents, Stanley and Mary Billups; brothers, Stanley (Rick) and Danny; and sister, Mary Lee.
Left to cherish his memory is his wife of twenty years, Phyllis L. Billups; children, Mathew, Kevin and Amanda Billups; grandchildren, Carionna, Kadence, Bronston, Kevin, and Cali; siblings, Paula (Polly), Juanita (Pixie), Patrick (Pat), Nancy, and Mark; many nieces and nephews; along with numerous other family members and beloved friends
