Billie Jeannette DeFord
– November 20, 2013
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<p>Billie Jeanette DeFord, 75, of Sun City Center, Fla. passed away November 20, 2013 after failing health of six months. Billie was married to Robert N. DeFord for 53 wonderful years.</p>
<p>Billie was a skilled seamstress and designer of clothing. She crafted band, cheerleading uniforms, wedding apparel and countless other creative endeavors. She provided nurturing and loving guidance to her children and grandchildren. Billie was preceded in death by her parents Nettie Jeanette Oliver and Johnny Clyde Oliver, Sr.; brother Johnny Clyde Oliver, Jr.; sister Linda Clynelle Weed; and loving niece Terry Diane Lacman.</p>
<p>Together she and Robert raised three children, Debra Cheek Blalock and husband Kevin Willis, Robert N. DeFord, Jr. and partner Dawn Hawk, Julie Renee Chawner and husband James Chawner. She is survived by grandchildren Nicholas Lee Blalock, Aaron Lynn Blalock, April Marie Bergmann, Kenneth Charles Bergmann, Danielle Renee Chawner, Lindsey Nicole DeFord Campion, and Dylan Robert DeFord; great grandchildren Kenneth Joseph Bergmann, Bella Rose Bergmann, Wyatt James Funk, and Michael Alan Campion, Jr; and sisters Helen Marie LaMar, and Nella Mae Whittemore.</p>
<p>Graveside service were held Saturday, November 23, 2013 at Fellowship Cemetery, Lithia, Fla. Arrangements by Sun City Center Funeral Home.</p>
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<p>Billie Jeanette DeFord, 75, of Sun City Center, Fla. passed away November 20, 2013 after failing health of six months. Billie was married to Robert N. DeFord for 53 wonderful years.</p>
<p>Billie was a skilled seamstress and designer of clothing. She crafted band, cheerleading uniforms, wedding apparel and countless other creative endeavors. She provided nurturing and loving guidance to her children and grandchildren. Billie was preceded in death by her parents Nettie Jeanette Oliver and Johnny Clyde Oliver, Sr.; brother Johnny Clyde Oliver, Jr.; sister Linda Clynelle Weed; and loving niece Terry Diane Lacman.</p>
<p>Together she and Robert raised three children, Debra Cheek Blalock and husband Kevin Willis, Robert N. DeFord, Jr. and partner Dawn Hawk, Julie Renee Chawner and husband James Chawner. She is survived by grandchildren Nicholas Lee Blalock, Aaron Lynn Blalock, April Marie Bergmann, Kenneth Charles Bergmann, Danielle Renee Chawner, Lindsey Nicole DeFord Campion, and Dylan Robert DeFord; great grandchildren Kenneth Joseph Bergmann, Bella Rose Bergmann, Wyatt James Funk, and Michael Alan Campion, Jr; and sisters Helen Marie LaMar, and Nella Mae Whittemore.</p>
<p>Graveside service were held Saturday, November 23, 2013 at Fellowship Cemetery, Lithia, Fla. Arrangements by Sun City Center Funeral Home.</p>
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