Billy Joe Homesley
Yeoman, Chief Petty Officer, US Navy ~ World War II, Korea, Vietnam
June 12, 1929 - April 17, 2006
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Billy Joe Homesley was born in Springdale, Arkansas, on June 12, 1929, the oldest child of Sidney and Emma Homesley. As a young child, the family moved west and settled in the small town of Gridley in Northern California, where the family shows up in the 1940 California census.
Billy Joe Homesley in the 1940 California census:
Age 10, born abt 1930
Birthplace Arkansas
Gender Male
Race White
Home in 1940: French Avenue, Gridley, Butte County, California
Household Members/Age:
Head Sidney V. Homesley 30
Wife Erma Madeline Homesley 27
Son Billy Joe Homesley 10
Son Vernon Lee Homesley 8
Daughter Madeline C Homesley 3
Billy Joe joined the US Navy as a very young man. He made the Navy his career, rising to the rank of Chief Petty Office when he retired.
Billy Joe Homesley passed away on April 17, 2009, in Sacramento, California, shortly before his 77th birthday. A brief Death Notice was published along with several others in The Reporter, a Chico Enterprise Publication, and in The Monterey Herald. It read simply:
"Apr 19, 2006 — HOMESLEY — Former Chico resident Billy Joe Homesley, 76, of Sacramento, died Monday, April 17, 2006, in Sacramento."
Yeoman, Chief Petty Officer, US Navy ~ World War II, Korea, Vietnam
June 12, 1929 - April 17, 2006
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Billy Joe Homesley was born in Springdale, Arkansas, on June 12, 1929, the oldest child of Sidney and Emma Homesley. As a young child, the family moved west and settled in the small town of Gridley in Northern California, where the family shows up in the 1940 California census.
Billy Joe Homesley in the 1940 California census:
Age 10, born abt 1930
Birthplace Arkansas
Gender Male
Race White
Home in 1940: French Avenue, Gridley, Butte County, California
Household Members/Age:
Head Sidney V. Homesley 30
Wife Erma Madeline Homesley 27
Son Billy Joe Homesley 10
Son Vernon Lee Homesley 8
Daughter Madeline C Homesley 3
Billy Joe joined the US Navy as a very young man. He made the Navy his career, rising to the rank of Chief Petty Office when he retired.
Billy Joe Homesley passed away on April 17, 2009, in Sacramento, California, shortly before his 77th birthday. A brief Death Notice was published along with several others in The Reporter, a Chico Enterprise Publication, and in The Monterey Herald. It read simply:
"Apr 19, 2006 — HOMESLEY — Former Chico resident Billy Joe Homesley, 76, of Sacramento, died Monday, April 17, 2006, in Sacramento."
Billy Joe Homesley
Yeoman, Chief Petty Officer, US Navy ~ World War II, Korea, Vietnam
June 12, 1929 - April 17, 2006
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Billy Joe Homesley was born in Springdale, Arkansas, on June 12, 1929, the oldest child of Sidney and Emma Homesley. As a young child, the family moved west and settled in the small town of Gridley in Northern California, where the family shows up in the 1940 California census.
Billy Joe Homesley in the 1940 California census:
Age 10, born abt 1930
Birthplace Arkansas
Gender Male
Race White
Home in 1940: French Avenue, Gridley, Butte County, California
Household Members/Age:
Head Sidney V. Homesley 30
Wife Erma Madeline Homesley 27
Son Billy Joe Homesley 10
Son Vernon Lee Homesley 8
Daughter Madeline C Homesley 3
Billy Joe joined the US Navy as a very young man. He made the Navy his career, rising to the rank of Chief Petty Office when he retired.
Billy Joe Homesley passed away on April 17, 2009, in Sacramento, California, shortly before his 77th birthday. A brief Death Notice was published along with several others in The Reporter, a Chico Enterprise Publication, and in The Monterey Herald. It read simply:
"Apr 19, 2006 — HOMESLEY — Former Chico resident Billy Joe Homesley, 76, of Sacramento, died Monday, April 17, 2006, in Sacramento."
Yeoman, Chief Petty Officer, US Navy ~ World War II, Korea, Vietnam
June 12, 1929 - April 17, 2006
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Billy Joe Homesley was born in Springdale, Arkansas, on June 12, 1929, the oldest child of Sidney and Emma Homesley. As a young child, the family moved west and settled in the small town of Gridley in Northern California, where the family shows up in the 1940 California census.
Billy Joe Homesley in the 1940 California census:
Age 10, born abt 1930
Birthplace Arkansas
Gender Male
Race White
Home in 1940: French Avenue, Gridley, Butte County, California
Household Members/Age:
Head Sidney V. Homesley 30
Wife Erma Madeline Homesley 27
Son Billy Joe Homesley 10
Son Vernon Lee Homesley 8
Daughter Madeline C Homesley 3
Billy Joe joined the US Navy as a very young man. He made the Navy his career, rising to the rank of Chief Petty Office when he retired.
Billy Joe Homesley passed away on April 17, 2009, in Sacramento, California, shortly before his 77th birthday. A brief Death Notice was published along with several others in The Reporter, a Chico Enterprise Publication, and in The Monterey Herald. It read simply:
"Apr 19, 2006 — HOMESLEY — Former Chico resident Billy Joe Homesley, 76, of Sacramento, died Monday, April 17, 2006, in Sacramento."
Inscription
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BILLY JOE
HOMESLEY
YNC
US NAVY
WORLD WAR II
KOREA VIETNAM
JUN 12 1929
APR 17 2006
SOULMATE
LOVING HUSBAND
AND FATHER
Gravesite Details
The gravestone has the unusual acronym YNC.
YNC - Yeoman, Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
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