Individual Details

Billy Frank Erskine

(28 Sep 1929 - 3 Sep 2002)

Billy Frank Erskine, 72, died Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2002. Graveside services will be at 9:30 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 5, at Waco Memorial Park with the Rev. David Shuttlesworth officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 4, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home.

Mr. Erskine was born on Sept. 28, 1929, in Marlin, Texas, to William Morris and Susan Gertrude Simmons Erskine. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Waco whwere Billy grew up and graduated from high school He was a member of the National Guard and worked for 27 years at Webb Air Force Base in Big Spring, Texas, as a warehouseman. Billy was a member of Park Lake Drive Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his father on Nov. 3, 1985; and his mother on Aug. 27, 1993.

Survivors include his aunt, Josephine Moncrief Dillard; uncle, ira Lee Dillard; and cousin, Susan Leigh Dillard, all of Houston; and many friends.

Waco Tribune-Herald: 9/4/2002

Events

Birth28 Sep 1929Marlin, Falls County, Texas
Census (family)-shared1940(William Morris Erskine and Susan Gertrude Simmons) Waco, McLennan County, Texas
Death3 Sep 2002Texas
BurialWaco Memorial Park, McLennan County, Texas

Families

FatherWilliam Morris Erskine (1904 - 1985)
MotherSusan Gertrude Simmons (1904 - 1993)

Notes

Census (family)-shared

W Morris Erskine Head M 36 Texas
Gertrude ErskineWifeF35Texas
Billy Frank ErskineSonM10Texas

Endnotes

1. "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHZ2-GDB : accessed 14 February 2016), Morris Erskine in entry for Billie Frank Erskine, 28 Sep 1929; citing Marlin, Falls, Texas, United States, certificate 77077, Bureau of Vital Statistics. State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,139,017..

2. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4S3-412 : accessed 14 February 2016), W Morris Erskine, Ward 9, Waco, Justice Precinct 1, McLennan, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 155-37, sheet 11B, family 245, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 4100..

3. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYR5-QMJ : accessed 14 February 2016), Billy F Erskine, 03 Sep 2002; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing)..

4. Find A Grave Memorial# 99708051.