Mary Helen Maddux Billner was born January 8, 1926 in Whitewright, Texas to Robert Dudley Maddux and Bessie Mae Jarvis Maddux. She married William James “Dub” Billner on October 8, 1945 in Gatesville, Texas. She died Monday, February 9, 2015 at Redbird Manor in Sanger, Texas at the age of 89. She was a resident of Whitewright, Texas.
Helen was a secretary for the City of Whitewright for over 27 years. She was a former member of the Oak Hill Cemetery Association and a member of the Church of Christ.
She is survived by sons, William J. "Jim" Billner, Jr and his wife Betty of Sanger, and Larry J. Billner and his wife Dee Ann of Whitewright; daughter, Jan Billner Flynn of Collinsville; grandchildren, William J. Billner III and his wife Julie of North Richland Hills, Bradley Flynn and wife Katy of Littleton, Colorado, Travis Billner of Whitewright, Lacy Bambico and husband Casey of Whitewright; great-grandchildren, Brooklyn, Austin and Berkleigh Billner, Colton Bambico and Hadley Flynn; sister, Ruth Rutherford of Salado. She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Dub Billner; parents; and brother, Jarvis D. Maddux.
Funeral Services will be held 11:00 AM, Friday, February 13, 2015 at the Church of Christ, Whitewright, Texas. Officiating the service will be Mr. Charles Wrenn. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Whitewright, Texas. Pallbearers will be her grandchildren.
Family and friends are invited to the funeral home at their convenience on Thursday to pay their respects and to sign the register book. The family will receive friends during a visitation on Thursday, February 12, 2015 from 6-8 PM at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home, Whitewright, Texas.