In Loving Memory Of

Billy LaMont Fahle

Billy LaMont Fahle, 73 years of age, passed away peacefully, Friday, December 16, 2005, in the Baptist Health Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, after fighting a 4-year battle with cancer.

Bill was born in Hannibal, Missouri, May 26, 1932, to Roland Henry and Lena Pearl Rickey Fahle. Bill attended Eastern Oklahoma College on a football scholarship and received his Associate in Science degree from there in 1952. He continued his education at Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College/Oklahoma State University where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1954, in Agriculture.

On October 23, 1954, Bill married Pauline Collier. After their marriage he was drafted into the U. S. Army and sent to the Stuttgart, Germany area. Pauline joined him in May of 1955 and their older son, Rickey, was born in Germany. Upon their return to the states, Bill continued his education at Oklahoma State University where he received his Masters degree in 1959. During the time he was working on his Masters, his second son, Monte, was born. Immediately following his schooling, Bill accepted a position with Oklahoma Extension Service. Later he accepted a position with the Arkansas Extension Service in Monticello, Murfreesboro and Perryville, where he retired. He was a long-time member of the Lions Club.

Bill is survived by his loving companion, Mary Ann Wilcher; two sons, Monte Paul Fahle and his wife, Jeane, of Nevada, Missouri and Rickey Gene Fahle and his wife, Brenda, of Ashville, Arkansas; three granddaughters and two grandsons; one brother, Lester Fahle and his wife, Effie, of Groesbeck, Texas; one niece, Regina Smith and her husband, Ken.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Roland and Lena Fahle; and one nephew, Eddie Fahle.

Funeral services were held Monday, December 19, 2005 at 10:00 am at Harris Funeral Home in Morrilton, Arkansas.

Graveside services and interment was at Mt. Olivet Cemetery beside his parents in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, on Tuesday, December 20, 2005, at 10:00 am., under the direction of the Stufflebean-Coffey Funeral Home in Pauls Valley. Notes of Remembrance and/or Condolences may be sent to the family at www.stufflebeanfuneralhome.com.