Billy Lomax

Billy Braden Lomax, 81, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center.

Born Nov. 6, 1927, in Franklin, Tenn., son of the late Robert Hiram and Sarah Emmaline Sanders Lomax, he was a U.S. Navy veteran, having served during the Korean War, and was employed at Three Rivers Community College. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff.

On Oct. 24, 1952, in Holcomb, Mo., he married Troyce Ann Rollins, who survives.

Survivors also include four children, Steve Lomax, of Sikeston, Mo., Ron Lomax and wife, Karen, of O'Fallon, Mo., and Luann Elledge and husband, Dave, and Lana Lomax, all of Poplar Bluff; and six grandchildren, Lauren Elledge Hasanova, Lyndsee Elledge and Luke Elledge, all of Poplar Bluff and Braden, Kaylan and Kelsey Lomax, all of O'Fallon.

He was preceded in death by three brothers; two sisters and one granddaughter.

Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 19, at the First Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 20, at the First Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff with Revs. Ron Lomax and Dave Elledge officiating.

Burial will follow in the Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield, Mo.

Landess Funeral Home in Campbell, Mo., was in charge of arrangements.