Billy Stuart Segars died Wednesday, April 27, 2011 after a lengthy illness. "Billy the Kid," the diminutive 5'3" Hamlet High School graduate, bearing a descriptive moniker among his many friends, stuffed himself with bananas to meet the minimum weight requirement for the Air Force. Following service to his country, Billy returned home standing tall and proud at six feet.
Always bright and well read, Billy was amiable and a great conversationalist, equally fluent in sports, politics and history. He exuded a warm, easygoing, guileless spirit throughout his life. Even during his last days on earth he was jovial but thought it was "unfair" that he couldn't get his driver's license because "he didn't remember blacking out."
In the late 1960s, Bewey Shaver, the new and beloved minister in Hamlet, went to George's Diner for breakfast. Billy, a regular at George's, greeted him thusly: "Are you that damn preacher I've heard so much about?" Shaver didn't flinch. "Yeah, are you that damn drunk I've heard so much about?"
The two took an instant liking to each other and Billy began a long and slow process of overcoming perhaps the biggest obstacle in his life. Following relapses and redoes, Billy's 32-year recovery is a testament to all of what is possible through determination, prayer, and the unfailing support of family and friends.
Billy was fortunate to receive loving care from his sister, friends and the staffs of Summerset Court and Hospice of Richmond County, during the last year of his life.
A memorial service is planned for Sunday, May 1, at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Hamlet.
Cemetery Details:
Pines Cremation Service
160 E. New Hampshire Ave.
Southern Pines, NC, 28387
Source: http://www.watson-kingfuneralhome.com/obituaries/
Always bright and well read, Billy was amiable and a great conversationalist, equally fluent in sports, politics and history. He exuded a warm, easygoing, guileless spirit throughout his life. Even during his last days on earth he was jovial but thought it was "unfair" that he couldn't get his driver's license because "he didn't remember blacking out."
In the late 1960s, Bewey Shaver, the new and beloved minister in Hamlet, went to George's Diner for breakfast. Billy, a regular at George's, greeted him thusly: "Are you that damn preacher I've heard so much about?" Shaver didn't flinch. "Yeah, are you that damn drunk I've heard so much about?"
The two took an instant liking to each other and Billy began a long and slow process of overcoming perhaps the biggest obstacle in his life. Following relapses and redoes, Billy's 32-year recovery is a testament to all of what is possible through determination, prayer, and the unfailing support of family and friends.
Billy was fortunate to receive loving care from his sister, friends and the staffs of Summerset Court and Hospice of Richmond County, during the last year of his life.
A memorial service is planned for Sunday, May 1, at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Hamlet.
Cemetery Details:
Pines Cremation Service
160 E. New Hampshire Ave.
Southern Pines, NC, 28387
Source: http://www.watson-kingfuneralhome.com/obituaries/
Billy Stuart Segars died Wednesday, April 27, 2011 after a lengthy illness. "Billy the Kid," the diminutive 5'3" Hamlet High School graduate, bearing a descriptive moniker among his many friends, stuffed himself with bananas to meet the minimum weight requirement for the Air Force. Following service to his country, Billy returned home standing tall and proud at six feet.
Always bright and well read, Billy was amiable and a great conversationalist, equally fluent in sports, politics and history. He exuded a warm, easygoing, guileless spirit throughout his life. Even during his last days on earth he was jovial but thought it was "unfair" that he couldn't get his driver's license because "he didn't remember blacking out."
In the late 1960s, Bewey Shaver, the new and beloved minister in Hamlet, went to George's Diner for breakfast. Billy, a regular at George's, greeted him thusly: "Are you that damn preacher I've heard so much about?" Shaver didn't flinch. "Yeah, are you that damn drunk I've heard so much about?"
The two took an instant liking to each other and Billy began a long and slow process of overcoming perhaps the biggest obstacle in his life. Following relapses and redoes, Billy's 32-year recovery is a testament to all of what is possible through determination, prayer, and the unfailing support of family and friends.
Billy was fortunate to receive loving care from his sister, friends and the staffs of Summerset Court and Hospice of Richmond County, during the last year of his life.
A memorial service is planned for Sunday, May 1, at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Hamlet.
Cemetery Details:
Pines Cremation Service
160 E. New Hampshire Ave.
Southern Pines, NC, 28387
Source: http://www.watson-kingfuneralhome.com/obituaries/
Always bright and well read, Billy was amiable and a great conversationalist, equally fluent in sports, politics and history. He exuded a warm, easygoing, guileless spirit throughout his life. Even during his last days on earth he was jovial but thought it was "unfair" that he couldn't get his driver's license because "he didn't remember blacking out."
In the late 1960s, Bewey Shaver, the new and beloved minister in Hamlet, went to George's Diner for breakfast. Billy, a regular at George's, greeted him thusly: "Are you that damn preacher I've heard so much about?" Shaver didn't flinch. "Yeah, are you that damn drunk I've heard so much about?"
The two took an instant liking to each other and Billy began a long and slow process of overcoming perhaps the biggest obstacle in his life. Following relapses and redoes, Billy's 32-year recovery is a testament to all of what is possible through determination, prayer, and the unfailing support of family and friends.
Billy was fortunate to receive loving care from his sister, friends and the staffs of Summerset Court and Hospice of Richmond County, during the last year of his life.
A memorial service is planned for Sunday, May 1, at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Hamlet.
Cemetery Details:
Pines Cremation Service
160 E. New Hampshire Ave.
Southern Pines, NC, 28387
Source: http://www.watson-kingfuneralhome.com/obituaries/
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