Billy LeBarre, 78-year-old resident of Choctaw, OK, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010 in Midwest City, OK. Born March 28, 1931 in Lawton, OK, he was the son of Frank Lewis LeBarre and Myrtle Bernice Kopepassah LeBarre. A veteran of the Korean Conflict he had been a resident of Choctaw, OK since 1977 and had attended the Downtown Baptist Church in Oklahoma City for many years. Billy was a proud member of the Comanche Nation. He loved his kids and his grandkids above all else and was an avid outdoorsman who loved to fish, go swimming, camp, and just be in the outdoors. As a youngster he set a state record in swimming that still holds to this day.

He was preceded in death by his parents and 2 brothers, Frankie and Joe C. LeBarre.

Survivors include his wife, Billie Beatrice LeBarre of the home; 3 sons, Billy LeBarre and his wife Linda of Harrah, OK, William Lee LeBarre and his wife Linda of Del City, OK, Joe C. LeBarre and wife Brenda of Oklahoma City, OK; 4 daughters, Neva and husband Mark Minter of Noble, OK, Frankie and husband Rudy Herrera of Shawnee, OK, Lavetta and husband Gary Spain of McLoud, OK, and Bernice and husband Edward Posada of Nicoma Park , OK; 20 grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; 3 sisters, Neva Cardenas of Independence, MO, Barbara Kaudle-Kaudle of Lawton, OK, and Dottie Dorsal of Tulsa, OK; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, February 4, 2010 at Bill Eisenhour Northeast Chapel in Oklahoma City, OK with Mr. Marty Kessler officiating. Following military honors burial will be at Arlington Memory Gardens in Midwest City, OK.

... Complied and transcribed by Marti Graham, 2009.