Obituary: Billy Lee Shea
</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Billy Lee Shea, 78, of Harrisburg, passed away at 9:12 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, at St. Mary's Hospital in Evansville, Ind.
Billy was born on Dec. 5, 1932, in Harrisburg, to the late Eugene and Stella Potter Shea. He married Ann Evans on Dec. 23, 1953, and she survives in Harrisburg.
Billy was a mechanic and a minister, and he attended Mt. Moriah United Methodist Church. He was a Korean Army veteran.
Billy is survived by his wife, Ann; daughter, Alicia Culver of Horn Lake, Miss.; son, the Rev. Stephen Shea and wife Thresa of Stonefort; son, Michael Shea and wife Dana of Marlow, Okla.; daughter, Debra Guthrie and husband Ned of Indiahoma, Okla.; daughter, Sheila Hart and husband Keith of Harrisburg; sisters, Pauline Small of Galatia and Betty McConnell of Harrisburg; 12 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Billy was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, one brother and two grandsons.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011, at Sunset Hill Cemetery. The Rev. Jimmy Dale Lambert will officiate. Donations may be made to the family. There will be no visitation and those wishing to attend should gather at the cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family through the obituary page at the internet site www.reedfuneralchapel.com