Billy Ray Anders

September 18, 1950 - December 25, 2020

Billy Ray Anders, age 70, of Nowata, Oklahoma, Passed from this life on December 25, 2020 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He was born September 18, 1950 in Ft. Worth, Texas to Herman Eugene Anders and Doris Faye Hart Anders. He was a graduate of Parker High School in Parker, Arizona. Bill was a mechanic by trade, and loved playing the harmonica, as well as spending time with his family on Fishing and Camping trips, Family games such as cards, Dominoes, shooting pool with his grandsons and teaching his granddaughters to play the game of chess. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers: Charles Ray Anders, and Clayton Eugene Anders. Billy is survived by his wife Melanie of 35 years and their two daughters Lacey Henderson and Geneva Lippert, all of Nowata, Oklahoma, two children from a previous marriage; daughter Shellena Anders and son Will Anders of Nowata, Oklahoma; Four siblings, Patricia Wilson of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; Esther Schonherr of Nowata, Oklahoma; Gail Paige of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; Edward Anders of Nowata, Oklahoma, three grandsons, five granddaughters and eight great grandchildren. Services will be on Saturday, January 2, 2021 at 11:00 am at the First Church of God in Nowata, Oklahoma