Billy W. Heaton, age 75, of Azle, passed away suddenly April 14, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Henrietta May 25, 1949, Billy was a dearly loved and admired husband, dad, grandfather and great-grandfather.

In keeping with his wishes, cremation has taken place, and there will be no graveside service. We will celebrate his life with a memorial service May 24, at 2 p.m. in the chapel at Azleland Memorial Park, located at 850 N.

Cardinal Road in Azle (Reno).

Billy’s favorite color was red, in his honor, join us by wearing red; we’ll also have red ribbons available.

Billy loved fishing and taking cruises around the country with his wife Teresa; he also loved going to WinStar and Las Vegas playing his favorite game of 21. He cherished the time spent with his family for game nights playing Wa-Hoo, dominoes or just any reason to have a gettogether with all his family around. The love he had for his daughters was so special.

Billy worked for General Motors for 32 years before retiring in 2006. He served his community as mayor for the City of Pelican Bay from 1992 to 2002, a job he was honored to do and did with pride.

Billy was preceded in death by his parents, Johnnie Lois Ballinger, William “Bill” Heaton and Dottie Wallace; brothers Roy Gene Heaton and Johnny Heaton, and sisters Vickie Renfro and Wanda Jean Heaton; and first wife Mollie Jo Garner Heaton.

He is survived by his wife, best-friend, and love of his life, Teresa; daughters Vicki (Matt) Blessing, Becky Collins and Tony Brozek, Bonnie (Mike) McCollum, Kathy (Robert) Rohrbaugh, Billie Jo (Doug) Widder and son-inlove Darren (Leslie) Rutledge; Eric (Donya) Stirling, Scott (Julie) Stirling, and Shelly (Calvin) Smith. Sister and brothers-in-law Pamela (Bobby) Adams, Linda Heaton and Fred (Judy) Garner; mother- in-law Norma Turner; 19 grandchildren; nine greatgrandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

The Azle News, May 14, 2025 Edition