Walter H. Billings

Walter H. Billings, 84, of Salem, slipped peacefully away and joined his family early on Monday morning, March 18, 2013. He was a truck driver for Rowe Furniture for over 30 years and had driven over three million miles. Preceding him in death were his parents, Robert M. and Kate Hall Billings; son, Richard (Butch) Billings; brothers, James and Robert Billings; and sisters, Mary Thompson, Catherine Johnson, Callie Jones, Ruby Young, and Christine Deaner. His surviving family includes his wife, Ruth Billings; children, Walter (Bill) Billings, Jr. and wife, Debra, Thomas Billings and wife, Melissa, Danny Billings, and Susie Argabright and husband, Phil; 9 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; brother, Kenneth Billings and wife, Pat; sisters, JoAn Jones and husband, Sherman, Wanda Chapman, and Geraldine Athan; brothers-in-law, Julian Cooper and wife, Katherine, Lawrence Cooper and wife, Suzanne, and Curtis Cooper and wife, Peggy; sisters-in-law, Helen Dede, Polly Louthen, and Deanna Kesler and husband, Thomas; and faithful companion, Abbi. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. in the John M. Oakey & Son Funeral Home in Salem. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 11 a.m. in the funeral homes chapel. Interment will follow at Sherwood Memorial Park in Salem. An online guestbook is available at www.johnmoakey.com. The Billings family is being served by John M. Oakey & Son Funeral Home in Salem, 540-389-5441.