Billy Richards

Billy passed away Saturday morning, September 3, 2014 at his home in Rockdale. He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Uris Richards; a brother, Earnest Richards and a grandson, Billy Demohn Richards. Surviving are his first wife, Jeraldine Young and their children, Marilyn Richards, and Haywood Richards and wife Samantha; second wife, Erma Gene Richards and their children, Ruby Smith Brown, Billie Faye Hardway-Monroe and husband Fred, Lanna Richards, Elma Richards, William E. Richards and wife Lorene, John Richards and wife Jashonda, and Karla Richards-Alexis and husband Tony; as well as two children Evelyn Anderson and Carlos Anderson; siblings, Rufus Ned Richards, Carrie Douglas, Yvonne Williams and husband Nathaniel, Dorothie Barnett, and Sylvia Morrison; 27 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews. Serving as pallbearers are, Haywood Richards, Carlos Anderson, William E. Richards, John Richards, Kennedy Hardway, Kenneth Hardway, Stanley Douglas, Ellis Douglas and Hubert Brown.