Obituary of Billy Ray Gassett

Mr. Billy Ray Gassett, a resident of Skipperville, died Wednesday, December 16, 2020, at his home with his loving family by his side. He was 78 years old. Funeral services for Mr. Gassett will be 2:00 P.M. Sunday, December 20, 2020, from Morgan Baptist Church with Reverend Tim Sewell and Reverend Kyle Robertson officiating. Interment will follow in Beersheba Cemetery, Holman Funeral Home and Cremations of Ozark directing. The family will receive friends Saturday at the funeral home in Ozark from 4:00 P.M. until 6:00 P.M. Serving as pallbearers will be Greg Blocker, Ronnie Blocker, Edsel Watson, Don Snell, Kolten Walker and Zach McDaniel. Mr. Gassett was born June 17, 1942, in Skipperville, Alabama where he was a life-long resident. He graduated from Carroll High School in 1960 and farmed all of his life. On March 20, 1986, Billy Ray married his loving wife, Jan Watson. He worked with the United States Postal Service as a rural mail carrier for the Skipperville Post Office, retiring in 1998. He was a member of Morgan Baptist Church and the Dale County Cattlemen’s Association. Mr. Gassett was preceded in death by his parents, Woodrow Gassett and Hattie Ruth Stuckey Gassett; one sister, Nellie Ruth Gassett; and two brothers-in-law, Bobbie Blocker and Charles Mitchell. Survivors include his wife, Jan Watson Gassett; one daughter and son-in-law, Krista and Randy Agerton; one son and daughter-in-law, Paul and Vicki Morrison; two grandsons, Liam Agerton and Cooper Morrison; his mother-in-law, Lurelle Watson; one brother and sister-in-law, Pete and Martha Gassett all of Skipperville; two sisters, Sara Blocker of Geneva and Ann Mitchell of Graceville; one sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Jill and Ricky Laney; one brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Edsel and Lydia Watson all of Skipperville. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Beersheba Cemetery Fund, C/O Rhonda Watson, 2081 Skipperville Road, Ozark, Alabama 36360.