January 12,1939- June 26,2024
Memorial services for Billie J, Rivers, 85, of Jefferson, Texas, will be held at the Kingdom Hall Of Jehovah’s Witnesses, at 512 Tx 49W, In Jefferson, Texas at 2:00pm Sunday, June 30, 2024, with Brother Fred Green officiating, under the direction of the Lewis & Walker Funeral Home.
Billie Rivers was born on January 12,1939, in Wharton, Texas, to William and Nava Dempsey, and she passed away on, 2024 surrounded by beloved family.
She is preceded in death by her parents, and her brother, William “Sonny Boy” Dempsey.
Those left to cherish her memory are her beloved husband, Terry, her daughter Angela Holcomb and her husband Charles of Marshall, granddaughter Crystal Ruiz, and her husband Eleazar of San Antonio, great granddaughter, Lily Ruiz. Her siblings: Ann Mcguire of Gladewater, Sherry Russell and her husband Jim of Tyler, Debra Guerra and her husband Robert of Jefferson.
Billie moved to East Texas from Houston in the late eighties and was a member of the Jefferson Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses. She was well known in Jefferson and Marion County for her love of Jehovah God and His son Jesus, as she visited her neighbors and residents of the community, bringing forth the “Good News Of God’s Kingdom”, as Jesus commanded us to do in the bible. Matt 28:19,20
She was a wonderful and kind person, well received by those she visited in the community, as her love for God and neighbor radiated from inside her as a bright light.
Yes, her kind and generous heart just drew you in, and to know her was to love her. She loved gardening, and her talent for making floral arrangements for the home and others, brought her great joy and was well appreciated by all.
But, her greatest joy came from spending time with her daughter, granddaughter and great-granddaughter. Just shopping at the mall, thrift stores, and spending time together. Riding around and enjoying Jehovah God’s creations, the trees in bloom and all the beautiful flowers awakening in spring. Yes, that’s who she was, and was loved dearly. She certainly will be missed by all.